Coverdale(i)
8 When Herode sawe Iesus, he was exceadinge glad, for he had longe bene desyrous to se him: because he had herde moch of him, & hoped to se a miracle of hi.
9 And he axed him many thinges. Neuertheles he answered him nothinge.
10 The hye prestes and scrybes stode, and accused him sore.
11 But Herode wt his men of warre despysed him, and mocked him, put a whyte garmet vpo him, and sent him agayne vnto Pilate.
12 Vpo ye same daye were Pilate and Herode made frendes together, for afore they had bene at variaunce.
13 Pilate called the hye prestes, and the rulers, and the people together,
14 and sayde vnto the: Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one that peruerteth the people, and beholde, I haue examyned him before you, & fynde in the ma none of the causes, wherof ye accuse him:
15 Nor yet Herode: for I sent you to him, and beholde, there is brought vpon hi nothinge, that is worthy of death.
16 Therfore wil I chasten him, and let him lowse:
17 For he must haue let one lowse vnto them after the custome of the feast.
18 Then cried the whole multitude, and sayde: Awaye with him, and delyuer vnto vs Barrabas,
19 which for insurreccion made in the cite, and because of a murthur, was cast in to preson.
20 Then called Pilate vnto them agayne, & wolde haue let Iesus lowse.
21 But they cried, and sayde: Crucifye him, Crucifye him.
22 Yet sayde he vnto them, the thirde tyme: What euell the hath he done? I fynde no cause of death in hi, therfore wil I chasten him, and let him go.
23 But they laye styll vpon him with greate crye, and requyred yt he might be crucified. And the voyce of the and of the hye preastes preuayled.
24 And Pilate gaue sentence, that it shulde be as they requyred,