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Title: The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: containing an authentic and full account of all the wonderful transactions, sufferings, and death of our glorious Redeemer
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Wright, Paul, -1785. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: New-York: published by William Durell, bookseller, No. 106, Maiden-lane
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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s to infult him ; perhaps to pro-voke him to work fome miracle, though itfliould prove of a hurtful kind. FromHerods drelhng him in this manner, itevidently appears, that the chief prieftsand elders had accufed him of nothing,but his having afllimed the eharafter of theMefliah ; for the affront put upon him wasplainly in derifion of that pretenfion. The other head of accufation, namely,his having attempted to raife a fedition inGalilee, on account of the tribute paid toCaefar, they did not dare to mention, asHerod could not fail ol knowing it to bea grofs and malicious falfehood ; and nocrime worthy of death being laid to hischarge, Herod fent him again to Pilate,it feems, that though he was difpleafed withthe great Redeemer of mankind for refu-fing to w^ork a miracle beiore him, yet hedid not think proper to be uirjuft to him.Perhaps he was reftrained by the remorfehe felt on account of the death of John theBaptift, and therefore declined bringing agreater weight upon his confcience.
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AND LIVES OF HIS APOSTLES. 22pCHAPTER XXXVIL Pilate g-ives the Jews their Choice of Jesus or Barahhas to he rekafed : Upon the Clanwurof the common People, Barabbai is loofed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified:Hi IS crowned with Thorns, fpit on, and mocked. THE Roman governors at tlie pafTover,made it a cudom to court ihc iavourof the populace, by gratifying ihcm withthe relcafe of any one prifoncr they^ pleared.And at this fcall there was one in pnlonnamed Barabbas, who, at the head of anumber of rebels, had made an infurrec-tion in the city, and committed murderduring the tumult. There being now again a great multi-tude of people affembled before tiie gov-ernors palace, they began to Cc:l! uloudon hirn to perlorm the annual cffice ofmercy cullomary at the fefiival they v/trenow celebrating. Pilate, glad ot this op-portunity, told them, that he was willingto grant the favour they dehred ; and afk-ed them whether they would have Barab-bas or Jesus releafed unto them ? Butwithout

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