But they shouted again, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
They shouted, “Crucify him!”
Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free and told this to the crowd.
A third time Pilate said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I can find no reason to kill him. So I will have him punished and set him free.”
But they continued to shout, demanding that Jesus be crucified. Their yelling became so loud that
They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?” The leading priests answered, “The only king we have is Caesar.”
They could not find any real reason for Jesus to be put to death, but they asked Pilate to have him killed.
