Luke 23:13-25

Jesus Sentenced to Die

¹³ And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, ¹⁴ said unto them, 'Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him; ¹⁵ no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him; ¹⁶ having chastised, therefore, I will release him,' ¹⁷ for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast, ¹⁸ and they cried out—the whole multitude—saying, 'Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,' ¹⁹ who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison. ²⁰ Pilate again then—wishing to release Jesus—called to them, ²¹ but they were calling out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify him.' ²² And he a third time said unto them, 'Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release 'him'.' ²³ And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing, ²⁴ and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done, ²⁵ and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.