But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.
A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”
So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”