But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamor gained the day.
But Peter vehemently protested: "Even if I must die with you, I shall never disown you!" And they all said the same.
"Why, what harm has this man done?" Pilate said to them for the third time. "I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him."
Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."