And immediately in the morning, after the leaders of the priests had taken counsel with the elders and the scribes and the entire council, binding Jesus, they led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
And Pilate questioned him, "You are the king of the Jews?" But in response, he said to him, "You are saying it."
And the leaders of the priests accused him in many things.
Then Pilate again questioned him, saying: "Do you not have any response? See how greatly they accuse you."
But Jesus continued to give no response, so that Pilate wondered.
Now on the feast day, he was accustomed to release to them one of the prisoners, whomever they requested.
But there was one called Barabbas, who had committed murder in the sedition, who was confined with those of the sedition.
And when the crowd had ascended, they began to petition him to do as he always did for them.
But Pilate answered them and said, "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?"
For he knew that it was out of envy that the leaders of the priests had betrayed him.
Then the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
But Pilate, responding again, said to them: "Then what do you want me to do with the king of the Jews?"
But again they cried out, "Crucify him."
Yet truly, Pilate said to them: "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out all the more, "Crucify him."
Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, having severely scourged him, to be crucified.
Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort.
And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.
And they began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews."
And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him.
And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and they clothed him in his own garments. And they led him away, so that they might crucify him.
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