Luke 23:13-25

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 . 17(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) 18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas: 19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. 21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23And they were insistent with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.1 25And he released to them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.