Jesus Before Pilate
Matthew 27:11-25
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And Iesus stood before ye gouernour, and the gouernour asked him, saying, Art thou that King of the Iewes? Iesus said vnto him, Thou sayest it.
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And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes, and Elders, he answered nothing.
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Then saide Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee?
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But he answered him not to one worde, in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly.
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Nowe at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whom they would.
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And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
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When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?
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(For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.
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Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)
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But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.
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Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barabbas.
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Pilate said vnto them, What shall I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified.
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Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
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When Pilate saw that he auailed nothing, but that more tumult was made, he tooke water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust man: looke you to it.
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Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.
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