Acts 3:14

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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

There was in prison a man named Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their uprising had committed murder,

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

This is the work of the Lord, and seems wonderful to us'?"

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to set Barabbas free for them instead.

But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.'

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

and how the high priests and leading men turned Him over to be sentenced to death, and had Him crucified.

about sin, because they do not believe in me;

Then they all shouted back, "No! Not Him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

and although they could not find Him guilty of a capital offense, they begged Pilate to have Him put to death.