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41-MAT/27.usfm

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 \v 22 Pilate said to them, "What should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all answered, "Crucify him."
 
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-\v 23 And he said, "Why, what crime has he done?" But they cried out even louder, "Crucify him."
+\v 23 Then he said, "Why, what crime has he done?" But they cried out even louder, "Crucify him."
 \v 24 So when Pilate saw that he could not do anything, but instead a riot was starting, he took water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, "I am innocent of the blood of this innocent man. See to it yourselves."
 
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 \v 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the government headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers.
 \v 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
-\v 29 Then they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. They knelt down before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
+\v 29 They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. They knelt down before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
 
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-\v 30 And they spit on him, and they took the staff and struck him on the head.
+\v 30 They spat on him, and they took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
 \v 31 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.
 
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 \v 42 "He saved others, but he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel. Let him come down off the cross, and then we will believe in him.
 
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-\v 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants to, because he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
-\v 44 And the robbers who were crucified with him also spoke the same insults to him.
+\v 43 He trusts in God, let God rescue him now, if God consents to release him. For he even said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
+\v 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also spoke insults to him.
 
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 \v 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
 
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-\v 51 Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.
+\v 51 Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.
 \v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many godly people who had fallen asleep were raised.
 \v 53 They came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
 
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 \v 62 The next day, which was the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.
 \v 63 They said, "Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was alive, he said, 'After three days will I rise again.'
-\v 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal him and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead ones.' And the last deception will be worse than the first."
+\v 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, otherwise his disciples may come and steal him and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead ones,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
 
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 \v 65 Pilate said to them, "Take a guard. Go and make it as secure as you can."

41-MAT/28.usfm

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 the Holy Spirit.
 
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-\v 20 Teach them to obey all the things that I have commanded you. And see, I am with you always, even to the end of the world."
+\v 20 Teach them to obey all the things that I have commanded you. See, I am with you always, even to the end of the world."