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XXVII, 26] gemǣne ongēn þisne rihtwīsan; sōðlīce fela ic hæbbe geþolod tō dæg þurh gesyhðe for hym.

20. Đā lǣrdon þǣra sācerda ealdras and þā hlāfordas þæt folc þæt hig bǣdon Barrabban, and þone Hǣlend fordydon.

21. Đā andwyrde sē dēma and sǣde heom, Hwæþerne wylle gē þæt ic forgyfe ēow of þisum twām? Đā cwǣdon hig, Barrabban.

22. Þā cwæð Pilatus tō heom, Witodlīce hwæt dō ic be þām Hǣlende þe is Crīst genemned? Đā cwǣdon hig ealle, Sȳ hē on rōde āhangen.

23. Đā cwæð sē dēma tō heom, Witodlīce hwæt yfeles dyde þēs? Hī ðā swīþor clypodon þus cweðende, Sȳ hē āhangen.

24. Đā geseah Pilatus þæt hyt nāht ne fremode, ac gewurde māre gehlȳd, þā genam hē wæter and þwōh hys handa beforan þām folce, and cwæð, Unscyldig ic eom fram þyses rihtwīsan blōde; gē gesēoð.

25. Đā andswarode eall þæt folc and cwæð, Sȳ hys blōd ofer ūs and ofer ūre bearn.

26. Đā forgeaf hē hym Barrabban; and þone Hǣlynd hē lēt swingan, and sealde heom tō āhōnne.