Luke 23:13-22

¹³Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the crowd of people,

¹⁴and said to them, “You brought to me this man like a man who is leading the people to act badly, and see, I, having questioned him before you, find no fault in this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

¹⁵No, nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

¹⁶I will therefore punish him, and release him.”

¹⁸But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!”

¹⁹Barabbas was a man who had been put into prison for a certain rebellion in the city and for murder.

²⁰Pilate addressed them again, desiring to release Jesus.

²¹But they shouted, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him.”

²²He said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found nothing deserving the death penalty in him. Therefore after punishing him, I will release him.”