And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?”
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,
And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
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