Augustine of Hippo, on John 18:38

“Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.”

“(Tr. cxv) Upon this they cried out: Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. We blame you not, O Jews, for releasing a guilty man at the passover, but for killing an innocent one. Yet unless this were done, it were not the true passover.”

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