They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”
“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.