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- ¶ THEN the whole company of them rose up and brought him to Pilate;
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- And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man misleading our people and forbidding to pay the head tax to Caesar;
and he says concerning himself that he is a King, even the Christ.
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- Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews?
He said to him, That is what you say.
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- Then Pilate said to the high priests and the people, I cannot find any fault against this man.
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- But they shouted and said, He has stirred up our people, teaching throughout Judea, and beginning from Galilee even to this place.
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- When Pilate heard the name Galilee, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
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- And when he knew that he was under the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him to Herod, because he was in Jerusalem at that time.
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- When Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some miracle by him.
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- And he asked him many questions;
but Jesus gave him no answer.
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- Then the high priests and the scribes stood and accused him bitterly.
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- And Herod and his soldiers insulted him and mocked him, and dressed him in a scarlet robe and sent him to Pilate.
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- And that day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other;
for there had been a long-standing enmity between them.
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- ¶ Then Pilate called the high priests and the leaders of the people,
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- And he said to them, You brought me this man as if he were misleading your people;
and behold, 1 have examined him before your own eyes, and I have found no fault in him concerning all that you accuse him.
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- Nor even has Herod;
for I sent him to him; and behold, he has done nothing worthy of death.
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- I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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- For there was a custom to release to them one at the feast.
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- But all the people cried out saying, Get rid of him and release to us Bar-Abba;
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- (Who because of sedition and murder which had happened in the city, was cast into prison.)
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- Again Pilate spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.
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- But they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him!
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- And he said to them the third time, What evil has he done?
I have found nothing in him worthy of death; I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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- But they persisted with loud voices, and asked to crucify him.
And their voices and that of the high priests prevailed.
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- Then Pilate commanded to have their request granted.
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- So he released to them the one who because of sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they asked for;
and he delivered Jesus to their will.
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- ¶ And while they took him away, they laid hold of Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from a village, and they placed the end of the cross on him, to carry it with Jesus.
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- And many people followed him, and the women who were mourning and wailing over him.
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- But Jesus turned to them and said, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me;
but weep over yourselves and over your own children.
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- For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never gave birth and the breasts that never gave suck.
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- Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us;
and to the hills, Cover us.
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- For if they do these things with the green wood, what will be done with dry wood?
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- ¶ And there were coming with him two others, malefactors, to be put to death.
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- And when they came to a place which is called The Skull, they crucified him there, and the malefactors, one on his right and one on his left.
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- And Jesus said, O Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.
And they divided his garments and cast lots over them.
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- The people stood looking on.
And even the leaders of the synagogue mocked him, and said, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ, the chosen one of God.
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- And the soldiers ridiculed him, as they came near him and offered him vinegar,
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- Saying to him, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.
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- There was also an inscription which was written over him, in Greek and Roman and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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- Now one of the malefactors who were crucified with him blasphemed against him, saying, If you are the Christ, save yourself and save us also.
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- But the other rebuked him and said to him, Do you not fear even God, for you are also in the same judgment?
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- And ours is just, for we are paid as we deserve and as we have done;
but he has done nothing wrong.
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- And he said to Jesus, Remember me, my Lord, when you come in your kingdom.
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- Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
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- ¶ Now it was about the sixth hour, and darkness fell upon the whole earth, and lasted until the ninth hour.
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