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.
The king said to Haman, “The silver and the people are yours—do with them as you please.”
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.
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar and saying that He Himself is Messiah—a king.”
So Pilate decreed that their demand be put into effect.
As they led Him away, they grabbed a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the countryside. They placed on him the cross-beam, to carry behind Yeshua.
But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, starting from the Galilee to as far as here.”
They shouted back, “Not this One, but Bar-Abba!” Now Bar-Abba was a revolutionary.
Finally, Pilate handed Yeshua over to be crucified.
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
“Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for, and behold, Adonai has set him as king over you.