Luke 23:18-25

New Century Version

¹⁸ But the people shouted together, “Take this man away! Let Barabbas go free!” ¹⁹ (Barabbas was a man who was in prison for his part in a riot in the city and for murder.)

²⁰ Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free and told this to the crowd. ²¹ But they shouted again, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

²² A third time Pilate said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I can find no reason to kill him. So I will have him punished and set him free.”

²³ But they continued to shout, demanding that Jesus be crucified. Their yelling became so loud that ²⁴ Pilate decided to give them what they wanted. ²⁵ He set free the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, and he handed Jesus over to them to do with him as they wished.