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THE UNKNOWN LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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At these words the Governor became violently enraged and ordered Issa to be condemned to death and the two robbers to be acquitted.
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The judges having consulted together, said to Pilate: "We will not take upon ourselves the great sin of condemning an innocent man, and of acquitting robbers, which is contrary to our laws."
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"Do, therefore, as thou pleaseth." Having said this the priests and the wise men went out and washed their hands in a sacred vessel, saying: 14 We are inno
cent of the death of this just man."
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By order of the Governor the soldiers seized Issa and the two robbers and led them to a place of punishment and there nailed them upon crosses which they
erected.
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All day long the bodies of Issa and the two robbers remained suspended dripping with blood, under the guard of the soldiers; the people stood round about them, the relatives of the tortured praying and weeping.
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At sunset the suffering of Issa ended. He lost his consciousness and the soul. of this just man freed itself from his body to be absorbed in the Divinity.
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