023:014 "You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.
023:015 No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.
023:016 I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."
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023:018 Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"
023:019 —Barabbas! who had been lodged in jail for some time in connexion with a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.
023:020 But Pilate once more addressed them, wishing to set Jesus free.
023:021 They, however, persistently shouted, "Crucify, crucify him!"
023:022 A third time he appealed to them: "Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."
023:023 But they urgently insisted, demanding with frantic outcries that He should be crucified; and their clamour prevailed.