Mark 15:7-15

7One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.

8The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.

9“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked.

10(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.)

11But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.

12Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”

13They shouted back, “Crucify him!”

14“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”

15So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.