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Luke 23:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. "
Luke 23:21
Verse in Context
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(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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Luke 23:1
"And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate."
Luke 23:2
"And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King."
Luke 23:3
"And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest"
Luke 23:4
"Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man."
Luke 23:5
"And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place."
Luke 23:6
"When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean."
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