and when Pilate again asked them, »What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?«
»Tell the Daughter of Zion, `See, thy King is coming to thee, gentle, and yet mounted on an ass, even on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'«
But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;
they once more shouted out, »Crucify Him!«
»We have found this man,« they said, »an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king.«
God has exalted Him to His right hand as Chief Leader and as Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.