But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
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