But with loud voices they insisted, asking for Him to be impaled. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests were prevailing.
Then I sent off the three shepherds in one month, for my being despised them, and their being also loathed me.
My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching through all Yehuḏ
But he spoke more strongly, “If I have to die with You, I shall not deny You!” And they all said the same.
And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. Having disciplined Him then, I shall release Him.”
And Pilate pronounced sentence that what they asked should be done.