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But the head cohanim stirred up the crowd to have him release Bar-Abba for them instead.

He asked, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they only shouted louder, "Put him to death on the stake!"

So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, set Bar-Abba free for them; but he had Yeshua whipped and then handed him over to be executed on the stake.

and they gave him wine spiced with myrrh, but he didn't take it.

Likewise, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers made fun of him, saying to each other, "He saved others, but he can't save himself!"

But Yeshua let out a loud cry and gave up his spirit.

But he said, "Don't be so surprised! You're looking for Yeshua from Natzeret, who was executed on the stake. He has risen, he's not here! Look at the place where they laid him.

But go and tell his talmidim, especially Kefa, that he is going to the Galil ahead of you. You will see him there, just as he told you."

Trembling but ecstatic they went out and fled from the tomb, and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

But when they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they wouldn't believe it.

They went and told the others, but they didn't believe them either.

But they had no children, because Elisheva was barren; and they were both well along in years.

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Z'kharyah; because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elisheva will bear you a son, and you are to name him Yochanan.

But when he came out unable to talk to them, they realized that he had seen a vision in the Temple; speechless, he communicated to them with signs.

"You have a relative, Elisheva, who is an old woman; and everyone says she is barren. But she has conceived a son and is six months pregnant!

"But who am I, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

filled the hungry with good things, but sent the rich away empty.

but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, because I am here announcing to you Good News that will bring great joy to all the people.

and had remained a widow ever since; now she was eighty-four. She never left the Temple grounds but worshipped there night and day, fasting and praying.

But after the festival was over, when his parents returned, Yeshua remained in Yerushalayim. They didn't realize this;