Acts 27:42
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape.
Mark 15:15-20
So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:40-41
And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."
Acts 12:19
When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.
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And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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Mark 15:15
So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:40
And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."