So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.
Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.
He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
