So Pilate decreed that their demand be put into effect.
“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.
Acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous: both are an abomination to Adonai.
Then he released to them Bar-Abba. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Bar-Abba for them. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that He be executed. And their voices prevailed.
And He released the one they were asking for, the one thrown in jail for insurrection and murder. But he handed over Yeshua to their will.
Then Pilate took Yeshua and had Him scourged.
