13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, |
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: |
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. |
16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. |
17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) |
18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: |
19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) |
20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. |
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. |
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. |
23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. |
24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. |
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. |
