Luke 23:18-25

International Children’s Bible

¹⁸ But all the people shouted, “Kill him! Let Barabbas go free!” ¹⁹ (Barabbas was a man who was in prison because he started a riot in the city. He was guilty of murder.)

²⁰ Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free. So he told this to the crowd. ²¹ But they shouted again, “Kill him! Kill him on a cross!”

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. They demanded that Jesus be killed on the cross. Their yelling became so loud that ²⁴ Pilate decided to give them what they wanted. ²⁵ They wanted Barabbas to go free, the man who was in jail for starting a riot and for murder. Pilate let Barabbas go free and gave Jesus to them to be killed.