So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted.
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
And Pilate gave sentence, that what they asked should be done.
And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
Pilate issued his decision to grant their request.
And so Pilate issued a judgment granting their petition.
You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.