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PENTECOST 43 in calling for His crucifixion. When Jesus and Barabbas stood before them in the judgment-hall, and Pilate asked, '^Whom will ye that I release unto you?" they had shouted, ^'Not this man, but Barabbas!'^' When Pilate delivered Christ to them, saying, '^Take ye Him, and crucify Him: for I find no fault in Him;" ''I am innocent of the blood of this just person," they had cried, ^'His blood be on us, and on our children. ' ' ' . Now they heard the disciples declaring that it was the Son of God who had been crucified. Priests and rulers trembled. Conviction and anguish seized the people. ''They were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles. Men and brethren, what shall we do?" Among those who listened to the disciples were devout Jews, who were sincere in their belief. The power that accompanied the words of the speaker convinced them that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. ''Then Peter said unto them, Eepent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the i)romise is unto you, and to your children, and to all tliat are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." Peter urged home upon the convicted people the fact that they had rejected Christ because they had been deceived by priests and rulers; and that if they continued to look to these men for counsel, and waited for them to acknowledge Christ before they dared to do so, they would never accept Him. These powerful men, though making a profession of god- ^Matt. 27:17; John 18:40. 'John 19:6; Matt. 27:24,25.