Luke 23:13–23

Pilate Grants the Crowd’s Request

¹³And Pilate summoned the chief priests and the ^arulers and the people,

¹⁴and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who ^1aincites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I ^bhave found in this man no guilt of what you are accusing Him.

¹⁵“No, nor has ^aHerod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

¹⁶“Therefore I will ^apunish Him and release Him.”

¹⁷¹[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

¹⁸But they cried out all together, saying, “^aAway with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

¹⁹(He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city and for murder.)

²⁰But again Pilate addressed them, wanting to release Jesus,

²¹but they kept on calling out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”

²²And he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt worthy of death; therefore I will ^apunish Him and release Him.”

²³But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices were prevailing.