When<n id="1" /> he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Lazarus, come out!&#8221;

While they were screaming<n id="1" /> and throwing off their cloaks<n id="2" /> and tossing dust<n id="3" /> in the air,

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>He will not quarrel or cry out,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>nor will anyone hear his voice in the streetsb>.i>p>

Then they shouted back,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Not this man,<n id="2" /> but Barabbas!&#8221;<n id="3" /> (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.<n id="4" />)<n id="5" />p>

So they took branches of palm trees<n id="1" /> and went out to meet him. They began to shout,<n id="2" /> &#8220;<b><i>Hosanna!i>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!i>b><n id="4" /> Blessed is<n id="5" /> the king of Israel!&#8221;

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, &#8220;Crucify<n id="1" /> him! Crucify him!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Pilate said,<n id="3" /> &#8220;You take him and crucify him!<n id="4" /> Certainly<n id="5" /> I find no reason for an accusation<n id="6" /> against him!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">From this point on, Pilate tried<n id="1" /> to release him. But the Jewish leaders<n id="2" /> shouted out,<n id="3" /> &#8220;If you release this man,<n id="4" /> you are no friend of Caesar!<n id="5" /> Everyone who claims to be a king<n id="6" /> opposes Caesar!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then they<n id="1" /> shouted out, &#8220;Away with him! Away with him!<n id="2" /> Crucify<n id="3" /> him!&#8221; Pilate asked,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Shall I crucify your king?&#8221; The high priests replied, &#8220;We have no king except Caesar!&#8221;