Luke 23:18-25

MNT(i) 18 Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas." 19 (This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.) 20 Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus; 21 but they continued to shout out and say, "Crucify! Crucify him!" 22 For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go." 23 But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day. 24 So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done. 25 He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.