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Matthew 27:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?” "
Matthew 27:13
Verse in Context
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11 Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.
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Matthew 27:1
"Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death."
Matthew 27:2
"They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor."
Matthew 27:3
"Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,"
Matthew 27:4
"saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”"
Matthew 27:5
"He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself."
Matthew 27:6
"The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”"
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