16. Therefore, I will chastise him and release him."
17. Now he was required to release one person for them on the feast day.
18. But the entire crowd exclaimed together, saying: "Take this one, and release to us Barabbas!"
19. Now he had been cast into prison because of a certain sedition that occurred in the city and for murder.
20. Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus.
21. But they shouted in response, saying: "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
22. Then he said to them a third time: "Why? What evil has he done? I find no case against him for death. Therefore, I will chastise him and release him."
23. But they persisted, with loud voices, in demanding that he be crucified. And their voices increased in intensity.