NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Luke 23:20

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Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

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Luke 23:17–23

17

Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

18

But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—

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one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

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Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

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but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”

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He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

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But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

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