18 Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele uJesu ngomona.
18 Ngoba wayesazi ukuthi kwakungenxa yomhawu okwenza banikela uJesu kuye.
Abafowabo baba lomona ngaye, kodwa uyise wawagcina amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakhe.
Kwathi lapho besiba lomhawu ngoMose ezihonqweni langoAroni ongcwele weNkosi,
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Ngasengibona ukuthi ukusebenza lakho konke ukuphumelela kuvela ekuncintanisaneni kwabantu. Lokho lakho kulize lamaya.
Nkosi, isandla sakho siphakanyisiwe, kodwa izitha zakho kazisiboni. Kazibone ukutshisekela kwakho abantu bakho, zibe lenhloni. Umlilo olungiselwe zona kawuziqede.
Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kibo: Lithanda ukuba ngilikhululele bani, uBarabasi ingabe uJesu othiwa nguKristu na?
Kwathi esahlezi esihlalweni sokuthetha amacala, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: Ungabi landaba kulowomuntu olungileyo, ngoba lamuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ngaye ephupheni.
Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi abapristi abakhulu bamnikele ngomona.
Kodwa abaJuda bebona ixuku bagcwala umona, baphikisa lokho okwakhulunywa nguPawuli bemhlambaza.
Kwasekusuka umpristi omkhulu labo bonke ababelaye abangabehlelo labaSadusi, bagcwala umona,
Okhokho babelomona ngoJosefa, bamthengisa eGibithe; kodwa uNkulunkulu wayelaye,
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