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Jesus is condemned to Death
The crowd, incited by their leaders kept shouting, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate spoke to them, wishing to release him, "Why? What evil has this man done? I find no crime in him deserving of death." They persisted with their cries, "Crucify him, crucify him!", and they prevailed.
We are not mere onlookers. As sinners, we, too, shout with the crowd, "Crucify him!" May our voice instead be hushed in a humble prayer for forgiveness: "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord hear my voice . . . for with you is forgiveness and plenteous redemption" (Ps. 130). "Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me of my guilt, and of sin cleanse
me" (Ps. 51).
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