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15 It was the time of the Passover celebrations, and a tradition had been established that the governor would release one prisoner to the people—whoever they chose. 16 At that time, there was a well-known prisoner named Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas), 17 so when all the people had gathered, Pilatos (Pilate) shouted down to them, “Who would you all like me to release: Bar-Aba or Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) who’s also being called the messiah?” 18 He said this because he knew that Yeshua had been arrested because of the jealousy of the Jewish leaders.
19 But while Pilatos was still making his judgement, his wife sent a note to him, saying, “Don’t touch that guiltless man because I was very distressed by a dream I had about him.”
20 Meanwhile the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to request that Bar-Aba be released and that Yeshua should be sentenced, 21 so when the governor asked them, “Which of these two men should I release?” they called back, “Bar-Aba.”
22 “So what should I do to Yeshua who’s called the messiah?” Pilatos asked.
“Execute him on a stake!” they all responded.
23 “But what crime has he done?” demanded Pilatos.
But they just kept yelling loudly, “Execute him on a stake.”
24 When Pilatos saw that it was going nowhere other than to turn into a riot, got a bowl of water and washed his hands up there in front of the crowd,[ref] announcing, “I’m innocent of the blood of this man who has done nothing wrong. It’s your responsibility now.”
25 ⇔“The responsibility for his blood will be on us and on our children,” the people shouted back.
26 Then Pilatos commanded that Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas) be released. He commanded that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) be flogged and then he handed him over to be executed.
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6 Now at time of the Jewish Passover, at their request, Pilatos (Pilate) would normally pardon one prisoner for them. 7 There was another prisoner at that time named Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas), who was an activist arrested for murder. 8 By now the crowd had arrived, and asked Pilatos to release a prisoner as usual at Passover, 9 so he asked them, “Do you all want me to release the King of the Yehudim (Jews) for you?” 10 (That was because Pilatos was well aware that the chief priests had brought Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) because they were jealous of his popularity.) 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to start saying that it was Bar-Aba that they wanted released, 12 so Pilatos asked again, “Then what should I do with this man that you call the King of the Yehudim?”
13 The crowd yelled back, “Execute him on a post.”
14 “What has he even done wrong?” Pilatos demanded.
But they just yelled louder, “Execute him on a post!”
15 Now Pilatos wanted to placate the crowd, so he had Bar-Aba released while he had Yeshua flogged and then handed over to the execution squad.
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13 So Pilatos (Pilate) called together the chief priests and the local leaders and the people 14 and told them, “You brought this man to me for stirring up the people, but listen, I’ve examined him in front of you all and I find him to be not guilty of anything that you’re all accusing him of, 15 and Herodes (Herod) didn’t either, because he just sent him back to us. Now listen, he’s done nothing worthy of a death sentence 16 so I’ll have him disciplined and then discharged.
17 ◘ 18 But they all yelled out in unison, “Take him away and release Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas) instead!” 19 (Bar-Aba had been thrown into prison for murder after an uprising that had occurred in the city.)
20 Pilatos called out again to them wanting to release Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) 21 but they kept yelling, “Execute him on a post! Execute him on a post!”
22 He tried a third time, “But what crime has this man committed? I’ve found nothing worthy of the death sentence, so I’ll discipline him and then release him.”
23 But they kept loudly insisting that he be executed on a post, and the yelling of the crowd was strong enough to convince Pilatos, 24 so he conceded to their request 25 and released the one thrown into prison for murder and rebellion, but he conceded to sentence Yeshua as they had wanted.
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39 But you all have a custom here that the governor can release one prisoner during the Passover. So would you like me to release the king of the Yehudim?”
40 But they all yelled back, “No, not this one. Release Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas).” (Bar-Aba was a robber.)
19 So Pilatos took Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and had him flogged. 2 Then the soldiers twisted some thorn branches together into a crown and put it on Yeshua’s head, and they dressed him in a royal purple robe. 3 They came up to him and said, “Greetings, you king of the Yehudim,” and then slapped him.
4 Then Pilatos went back outside and said to the Yehudim, “Look here. I’m bringing him out to you so that you all can know that I didn’t find him guilty of anything.” 5 So they led Yeshua out wearing the thorny crown and the kingly robe, and Pilatos said, “Look. Here’s the man.”
6 Now when the chief priests and their supporters saw him, they yelled out, “Execute him on a pole! Execute him on a pole!”
“Well you take him and execute him on a post,” Pilatos answered, “because I haven’t found anything that he’s guilty of.”
7 The Yehudim responded, “We have a law and he should be executed according to that law because he said he was the son of God.”
8 Now when Pilatos heard that, he became more afraid. 9 So he went back inside the residence and asked Yeshua, “Where do you come from?”
But Yeshua didn’t answer him. 10 So Pilatos said, “Why don’t you answer me? Don’t you realise that I have the authority to release you and I also have the authority to have you executed on a pole?”
11 “You have no authority over me,” Yeshua answered, “none at all, except what has been granted to you from above. Because of this, the sin of the person who handed me over to you is greater.”
12 After hearing this, Pilatos wanted to release him but the Yehudim yelled out, “If you release that man, you’re no friend of Kaisar. Everyone who claims to be a king is no friend of Kaisar’s.”
13 So now Pilatos, having heard all this, brought Yeshua outside again. Pilatos sat down on the judge’s seat at a place called The Stone Pavement (and called Gabatha in Hebrew). 14 It was now about noon on the day when the Passover meal is prepared, and Pilatos said to the Yehudim, “Look. Here’s your king.”
15 They yelled back, “Take him away. Take him away. Execute him on a pole.”
Pilatos asked them, “You want me to have your king executed on a stake?”
“We don’t have any king other than Kaisar,” the chief priests answered.
16 So Pilatos gave them his permission and handed Yeshua over to them, and they took him away to be executed on a post.
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Literal Version JHN 19:1
Deu 21:6-9:
6 Then all the elders from that closest town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and say, “We didn’t murder this person, nor did we see who did it. 8 Yahweh, forgive your Israeli people who you rescued from Mitsrayim (Egypt). Don’t count us as guilty for murdering an innocent person.”
When they do that, Yisrael (Israel) will be forgiven for that murder. 9 That’s how your country will remove from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, when you do what’s right in Yahweh’s eyes.
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21:7 OSHB variant note: שפכה: (x-qere) ’שָֽׁפְכוּ֙’: lemma=8210 n=0.1.0 morph=HVqp3cp id=05aaD שָֽׁפְכוּ֙
21:8 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.
21:8 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
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