John 18:14Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
It was Caiaphas who had counselled the religious authorities, that it was best that one person should die for the people.
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If it seems best to the king, let him send out a royal edict. Let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, never to be repealed, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus. Let the king give her place as queen to another who is more worthy than she.
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Esther 3:7
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