And Pilate decreed their request to happen.
Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, neither shall thou speak in a case to turn aside after a multitude to distort [justice],
Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified.
He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.
Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and scourged him.
But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.
And he released the man who had been cast into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they asked for, but he delivered Jesus to their will.
