25 And all the people answered, (A)“His blood be on us and (B)on our children!” 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having (C)scourged[a] Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

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27 (D)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the (E)governor's headquarters,[b] and they gathered the whole (F)battalion[c] before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:26 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal
  2. Matthew 27:27 Greek the praetorium
  3. Matthew 27:27 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

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