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Now, at the Feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose.
Now, at the Feast, Pilate used to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might ask for.
So I shall have him scourged, and then release him."
But they began to shout as one man: "Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us."
It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?"
