So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
“You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— both are detestable to the Lord.
So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
