World English Bible
Luke 23:23
“But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.”
Verse in context — Luke 23
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but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!
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He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
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Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
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He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
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