Mark 15:6-19

6Now during the feast, he used to release to them one prisoner, anyone they were asking for.

7Now a man named Bar-Abba had been in jail with the rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

8The crowd came up and began to request what he was accustomed to do for them.

9But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

10For he knew that out of envy the ruling kohanim had handed Him over.

11But the ruling kohanim stirred up the crowd, so he would release Bar-Abba to them instead.

12Then answering again, Pilate said to them, “So what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”

13They shouted back, “Execute Him!”

14Pilate responded, “Why? What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Execute Him!”

15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Bar-Abba for them. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

16The soldiers took Him away, into the palace, the governor’s mansion called the Praetorium. And they call together the cohort of soldiers.

17They dress Him up in purple. After braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.

18And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

19Over and over, they kept hitting Him on the head with a staff and spitting on Him; and kneeling down, they worshiped Him.