Luke 23:13-25

Legacy Standard Bible

Pilate Grants the Crowd’s Request

¹³ And Pilate summoned the chief priests and the ^(A)rulers and the people, ¹⁴ and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who ^[a](B)incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I ^(C)have found in this man no guilt of what you are accusing Him. ¹⁵ No, nor has ^(D)Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him. ¹⁶ Therefore I will ^(E)punish Him and release Him.” ^17 [b][Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

¹⁸ But they cried out all together, saying, “^(F)Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!” ¹⁹ (He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city and for murder.) ²⁰ But again Pilate addressed them, wanting to release Jesus, ²¹ but they kept on calling out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!” ²² And he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt worthy of death; therefore I will ^(G)punish Him and release Him.” ²³ But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices were prevailing. ²⁴ And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted. ²⁵ And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.