King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 27:26
“Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
24
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].
25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
26
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.
27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers].
28
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
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