Luke 23:18-25

18But the crowd all shouted together, ‘Take this man away and kill him! We want Barabbas to go free.’

19Barabbas had fought against the Roman rulers in Jerusalem. He had also killed somebody. That is why the rulers had put him in prison.

20But Pilate still wanted to let Jesus go. So he spoke to the crowd again.

21But they continued to shout. They were shouting, ‘Kill him on a cross, kill him on a cross.’

22Pilate asked them the same question for the third time. ‘Why should I kill him? What wrong things has he done? You want me to say that he should die. But I have not found anything wrong that would cause me to say that. So I will punish him. I will command my soldiers to hit him with a whip. Then I will let him go.’

23But they continued to shout at Pilate, ‘Kill him on a cross.’ They continued to shout very much. So, in the end,

24Pilate did what they wanted.

25They had asked Pilate to let Barabbas go free out of the prison. He was the man that had caused the Jewish people to fight against the Roman rulers. He had also killed somebody. He was the man that Pilate let go free. As for Jesus, Pilate commanded the soldiers to take him away. He let the people do to him what they wanted.