“Set a sinner over him. Since I prayed for them upon the cross, and they saw my wounds — I gave them room for repentance and they do not repent, and they refuse to have me as king — let them have the devil as king. They will not have Jesus as king: let them have Barabbas as king, Barabbas, which is interpreted "son of…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 35, on Psalm 108
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6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
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4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
— Psalms 109:6 —
7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.