Luke 23:13-16

13And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14Said to them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things of which ye accuse him: 15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done to him. 16I will therefore chastise him, and release him .