Luke 23:13-22

¹³Pilate then gathered together the chief priests and other Jewish leaders and the crowd that was still there.

¹⁴He said to them, “You brought this man to me, saying that he had caused trouble among the people. But I want you to know that after having examined him while you were listening, I do not conclude that he is guilty of any of the things that you are accusing him about.

¹⁵Obviously Herod did not conclude that either, because he sent him back to me without punishing him. So it is clear that this man has not done anything for which we (inc) should kill him.

¹⁶So I will have my soldiers flog him and then release him.”

¹⁸But the whole crowd shouted, “Execute this man! Release Barrabas for us (exc)!”

¹⁹Barrabas was a man who had tried to persuade people in the city to rebel against the Roman government. While doing that, he had murdered someone. So he had been put {they had put him} in prison, where he was waiting to be executed.

²⁰Because Pilate wanted to release Jesus, he tried to persuade the crowd again.

²¹But they kept shouting, “ Command your soldiers to kill him by nailing him to a cross!/Have him crucified!”

²²He spoke to them a third time and asked them, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have concluded that he has done nothing for which he deserves to die. So I will have my soldiers flog him and then release him.”