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 one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

This came from the Lord

and is wonderful in our eyes?”

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him.

About sin, because they do not believe in Me;

They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.

Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.