2Ingredients common in today's DIE-et include - Xanthan ___, Carboxymethylcellulose ___, and Guar ___

4“Crimetown,” Rhode Island and particularly its capital, Providence, have earned that nickname and why not since the current "COMMANDER IN THIEF" is from that place. THIS, using paper ballets was once was honest and reliable has now become irrelevant

11Matthew 27:19 tells us what she did. At some point, Pilate receives a message while sitting on the judgment seat. It's from his ____. She has been greatly troubled by a dream. She tells her husband, in effect, to keep away from doing any harm to Jesus of Nazareth.

12Extractives of Paprika, Annatto and THIS are also used to make cheese curls

13Alphabetically speaking THIS Southern STATE has seen three of its last six elected governors convicted

14The (GROUP) on that fateful day in Matthew 27:25, in which the (PEOPLE) shouted, “His blood be on us and on our children!” consisted of Jewish Temple authorities, blind religious followers and Barabbas’s supporters, and the (IN_____) of today has not changed one IOTA from then to this moment

15Twenty centuries later Joe Biden is the current emperor/president with no clothes __. Watched 24/7 and unhindered by the fluoridated timid meme posting sheep while destroying his national sheep ranch and their lives

16Strong's Concordance shows us that "Abba" the original Greek word Ἀββᾶ as found in Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6 means, not mother but

18Illinois governors might be the best at actually being convicted of crimes. Since 1961, the state has had 11 governors, and four of the 11 have wound up serving BEHIND BARS time

19Former congressman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) often remarked that “half of THIS STATE is under water and the other half is under indictment”

20It's an adjective/action word, describing the widely and unfavorably known, like any _________ career politician of today, the gambler of your business future and your kids and also publicly or generally known for a particular trait, just like In Matthew 27:16 where Barabbas is called a “ ________ prisoner”

21Pontius Pilate convicted Jesus of treason the cause of his death remains a ?

1The meaning of IOTA is an infinitesimal quantity or

3Pontius Pilate was a Roman ONE under the emperor of Tiberius in the 1st century

5The state of ___ Jersey's five-decade record and the nature of the scandals are tough to beat with governors, senators, congressman and mayors all pleading guilty with convictions and the majority of once-promising political career effectively ended

6Other than Matthew 27:17, the name ________ appears nowhere else in the New Testament, nor do any of the Gospels give any information about his previous or subsequent life. Pilate asked the Jewish leaders, “Whom do you want me to release to you? THIS GUY, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

7Pontius Pilate was sent into exile and committed suicide of his own accord. Some traditions assert that after he committed suicide, his body was thrown into the Tiber River still others believe Pontius Pilate’s fate involved his conversion to THIS

8The name Barabbas may be an Aramaic patronymic meaning “son of the father” (bar abba) or “son of the teacher” (bar rabban), indicating perhaps that his father was a Jewish ______ like Donald Trump Jr. might become one, the last trump?

9New York has four major elected statewide officeholders: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller. Since the 2006 election, 18 people combined have served in these positions, and 11 of them ultimately succumbed to THESE

10Pontius Pilate is believed to have hailed from the Samnium region of that boot shaped land mass of central _____, a warlike people, never known for spaghetti or linguine

14Dot's Homestyle Snacks have THIS meal and Sunflower oil in it's "CHEESE CURLS"

17MoHAMed is still dead and in the grave. Jesus is the first and only one so far to rise from the grave and DO THIS then, now and forever, and the author of this crossword will also be involved in the next resurrection of the dead, will you?