Luke 22:2

2And the chief priests and the scribes awere seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

Luke 23:5

5But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, bfrom Galilee even to this place.”

Luke 23:21-23

21but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22A third time he said to them, “Why, cWhat evil has he done? dI have found in him no guilt deserving death. eI will therefore punish and release him.” 23But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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