But they loudly urged their demand that he should be crucified, and their shouts carried the day.
But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."
But he persisted, "Though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all said the same.
He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."
Pilate gave sentence that their demand was to be carried out;