A moment in scripture
Luke 23:21
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But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 23:19
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
- Luke 23:20
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
- Luke 23:22
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
- Luke 23:23
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.