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Luke 23:23

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And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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  1. Zechariah 11:8Rank 1 from verse 23
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    8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  2. Psalms 57:4Rank 2 from verse 23
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    4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  3. Luke 23:5Rank 3 from verse 23
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    5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

  4. Psalms 22:12–13Rank 4 from verse 23
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    12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

    13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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Luke 23:23

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instant

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Sense 1: A moment or precise point of time. Sense 2: Urgent, pressing, persistent, or ready.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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crucified

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1. Put to death by being fastened to a cross. 2. By figure, treated as crucified or put to death in relation to sin.

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

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24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

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