But they kept shouting so loudly for Jesus to be crucified that their voices won out.
But they insisted, “His teaching stirs up the people all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
But Peter insisted, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never say that I don’t know you.” And all the others said the same thing.
Pilate spoke to them for a third time and asked, “Why? What wrong has this man done? I have found no reason to have him put to death. I will have him whipped, and then I will let him go.”
Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.