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of_o his_o enemy_n moreover_o pilate_n wife_n 34._o in_o chr._n 10._o an._n chr._n 34._o who_o lucius_n dexter_n call_v claudia_n procula_n be_v earnest_a with_o her_o husband_n that_o he_o will_v give_v no_o rigid_a sentence_n against_o christ_n but_o the_o threat_n of_o the_o jew_n do_v more_o sharp_o prick_v he_o then_o his_o wife_n advice_n perhaps_o pilate_n wife_n dream_v that_o he_o shall_v smart_v for_o it_o which_o afterward_o fall_v out_o according_o when_o he_o be_v send_v a_o exile_n into_o vienna_n in_o france_n as_o josephus_n ado_n and_o other_o report_n and_o we_o read_v that_o afterward_o out_o of_o desperation_n he_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o himself_o furthermore_o christ_n suffer_v under_o pilate_n a_o ordinary_a judge_n that_o he_o may_v absolve_v we_o from_o the_o severe_a judgement_n of_o god_n and_o to_o conclude_v that_o his_o innocency_n may_v be_v demonstrate_v for_o pilate_n give_v he_o this_o testimony_n that_o he_o find_v no_o cause_n of_o death_n in_o 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