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138 11. Þā stōd sē Hǣlend beforan þām dēman, and sē dēma hyne āxode þus cweðende, Eart þū Iudea Cyning? Þā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Þæt ðū segst.

12. And mid þȳ ðe hyne wrēgdon þǣra sācerda ealdras and þā hlāfordas, nān þing hē ne andswarode.

13. Đā cwæð Pilatus tō him, Ne gehȳrst þū hū fela sagena hig ongēn þē secgeað?

14. And hē nē andwyrde mid nānum worde; swā þæt sē dēma wundrode swīþlīce.

15. Hig hæfdon heom tō gewunan tō heora symbeldæge þæt sē dēma sceolde forgyfan þām folce ǣnne forwyrhtne mann, swylcne hig habban woldon.

16. Hē hæfde þā sōðlīce ǣnne strangne þēofmann gehæftne, sē wæs genemned Barrabbas.

17. Þā þæt folc gesamnod wæs, þā cwæð Pilatus, Hwæþer wylle gē þæt ic ēow āgyfe? þe Barrabban, ðe þone Hǣlynd ðe is Crīst gehāten?

18. Hē wiste sōðlīce þæt hig hyne for andan him sealdon.

19. Hē sæt þā Pilatus on his dōmsetle; þā sende his wīf tō hym, and cwæð, Ne bēo þē nān þing