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John 18:28
“They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.”
Verse in context — John 18
26
One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?
27
Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
28
They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
29
Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?
30
They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you.
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