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Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!"

(He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city and for murder.)

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, stop crying for Me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we have done; but this man has done nothing wrong."

And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, were returning, beating their chests.

(he had not consented to their counsel and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God;

this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

But they urged Him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John *bore witness about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has been ahead of me, for He existed before me.'"

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.