Acts 27:42
Now the soldiers were planning to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim off and so escape.
Mark 15:15-20
So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.
Luke 23:40-41
But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?
Acts 12:19
Then Herod had search made for him, and could not find him. After sharply questioning the guards, he ordered them off to execution. He then went down from Judea to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time.
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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, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.
Luke 23:40
But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?