Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
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- KJV And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
- BSB Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- NKJV Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- NASB Now Pilate summoned to himself the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- NLT Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
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Cross-references · 4
- Matt 27:21–23But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
- Mark 15:14Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
- John 18:38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
- John 19:4Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
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