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PILATE, on the tessellated pavement in front of his palace. / Ye have brought unto me this man, as one / Who doth pervert the people; and behold! / I have examined him, and found no fault / Touching the things whereof ye do accuse him. / No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him, / And nothing worthy of death he findeth in him. / Ye have a custom at the Passover; / That one condemned to death shall be released. / Whom will ye, then, that I release to you? / Jesus Barabbas, called the Son of Shame, / Or Jesus, Son of Joseph, called the Christ?
THE PEOPLE, shouting. / Not this man, but Barabbas!