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Matthew 27:26

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Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

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  1. Matthew 27:24

    When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

  2. Matthew 27:25

    Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

  3. Matthew 27:27

    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

  4. Matthew 27:28

    And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

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