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who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder
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Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.
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But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him, crucify Him!
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Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go."
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But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.
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So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested.
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And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.
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And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
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But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!'