Luke 23:13-22

¹³Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

¹⁴and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

¹⁵Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

¹⁶I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

¹⁷Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

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

¹⁹one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

²⁰Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

²¹but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”

²²He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”