FD issues 23-24

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@@ -2399,8 +2399,13 @@ He answered, "Yes, it is just like you say."
 \v 2 They accused him in front of Pilate: "We have seen this fellow causing trouble by telling lies to our people. He has been telling them to not pay taxes to Caesar, the Roman emperor. Also, he has been saying that he is the Christ, a king!"
 
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-\v 3 Pilate then asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Yes, it is just as you have asked me."
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+\v 3 Pilate then asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 
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+Jesus replied, "Yes, it is just as you have asked me."
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 \v 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and to the crowd, "This man is not guilty of any crime."
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 \v 5 But they kept on accusing Jesus; they said, "He is trying to get the people to riot! He has been teaching his ideas throughout all of the region of Judea. He started doing this in the region of Galilee and now he is doing it here, also!"
 
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@@ -2425,15 +2430,16 @@ He answered, "Yes, it is just like you say."
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 \v 15 Even Herod does not think he is guilty. I know this, because he sent him back to us without punishing him. So it is clear that this man does not deserve to die.
 \v 16 So I will tell my soldiers to whip him and then set him free."
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 \v 17 (Pilate said this because he had to set free one prisoner at the Passover Celebration.)
 
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 \v 18 But the whole crowd shouted together saying, "Put this man to death! Set Barabbas free for us!"
 \v 19 Now Barabbas was a man who had led some people in the city to rebel against the Roman government. He was also a murderer. He was in prison because of these crimes, and he was waiting for them to put him to death.
 
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 \v 20 But Pilate wanted very much to set Jesus free, so he tried to speak to the crowd again.
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 \v 21 But they kept on shouting, saying, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
 \v 22 Pilate spoke to them a third time and asked them, "Why? What crime has he committed? He has done nothing for which he deserves to die. So I will have my soldiers whip him and then set him free."
 
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 \v 32 Two other men who were criminals were also walking to the place where they would die with Jesus.
 
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-\v 33 When they came to the place named 'The Skull', there they crucified Jesus by nailing him to a cross. They did the same thing to the two criminals. They put one at the right side of Jesus and one at his left side.
-\v 34 But Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people who did this, because they do not really know whom they are doing this to." Then the soldiers divided his clothes by gambling with something like dice, to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
+\v 33 When they came to the place named "The Skull," there they crucified Jesus by nailing him to a cross. They did the same thing to the two criminals. They put one at the right side of Jesus and one at his left side.
+\v 34 But Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people who are doing this, because they do not really know whom they are doing this to." Then the soldiers divided his clothes by gambling with something like dice, to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
 
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-\v 35 Many people stood nearby, watching. Even the Jewish leaders were mocking Jesus, saying "He saved other people! Now if he really is the Christ, God's Chosen One, then he should save himself!"
+\v 35 Many people stood nearby, watching. Even the Jewish leaders were mocking Jesus, saying, "He saved other people! Now if he really is the Christ, God's Chosen One, then he should save himself!"
 
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 \v 36 The soldiers also mocked him. They came up to him and offered him some sour wine.
 \v 37 They kept saying to him, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
-\v 38 They also fastened on the cross above his head a sign that stated, 'This is the King of the Jews.'
+\v 38 They also fastened on the cross above his head a sign that stated, "This is the King of the Jews."
 
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 \v 39 One of the criminals who was hanging on a cross also insulted Jesus; he said, "Since you are the Christ, you should save yourself and us!"
-\v 40 But the other criminal stopped him from speaking. He said to the other criminal, "You should be afraid that God is punishing you for what you did! You are under the sentence of death, just like this man is.
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+\v 40 But the other criminal stopped him from speaking, saying, "You should be afraid that God is punishing you for what you did! You are under the sentence of death, just like this man is.
 \v 41 We two deserve to die. They are punishing us as we deserve for the evil things that we did. But this man has done nothing wrong!"
 
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 \v 42 Then he said to Jesus, "Jesus, please remember to save me when you begin to rule as king!"
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 \v 43 Jesus replied, "I want you to know that today you will be with me in paradise!"
 
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-\v 50-51 Now there was a man named Joseph from Arimathea, a Jewish town. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the Jewish council. He saw everything happen, but he had not agreed with the other Council members when they decided to kill Jesus and when they did it. He was waiting eagerly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule.
+\v 50-51 Now there was a man named Joseph, from Arimathea, a Jewish town. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the Jewish council. He saw everything happen, but he had not agreed with the other council members when they decided to kill Jesus and when they did it. He was waiting eagerly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule.
 
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 \v 52 Joseph went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus' body to bury it. Pilate gave him permission,
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 \v 17 Jesus said to them, "What have you two been talking about while you were walking?" They stopped, and their faces looked very sad.
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 \v 18 One of them, whose name was Cleopas, said, "You must be the only person who is visiting Jerusalem who does not know the events that have happened there in recent days!"
 
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-\v 19 He said to them, "What events?" They replied, "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. 'God enabled him to perform great miracles and to teach wonderful messages. The people thought he was wonderful."
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+\v 19 He said to them, "What events?" 
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+They replied, "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. 'God enabled him to perform great miracles and to teach wonderful messages. The people thought he was wonderful."
 \v 20 But our chief priests and leaders handed him over to the Roman authorities. The authorities sentenced him to die, and they killed him by nailing him to a cross.
 
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 \v 24 Then some of those who were with us went to the burial chamber. They saw that things were exactly as the women had reported. But they did not see Jesus."
 
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 \v 25 He said to them, "You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about!
 \v 26 You should certainly have known that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer all those things and die, and then he will take up all his glory again!"
 \v 27 Then he explained to them all the things that the prophets had written in the scriptures about himself. He started with what Moses wrote and then explained to them what all the other prophets wrote.
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 \v 33 So they left immediately and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven apostles and others who had gathered together with them.
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 \v 34 They told those two men, "It is true that the Lord has become alive again, and he has appeared to Simon!"
 \v 35 Then those two men told the others what had happened as they were walking along the road. They also told them how they both recognized him as he broke some bread for them.