Luke 23:8-24 Herod on seeing Jesus was much pleased because for a long time he had been anxious to see him on account of hearing about him, and he was hoping to see some miracle done by him.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ Herod on seeing Jesus was much pleased because for a long time he had been anxious to see him on account of hearing about him, and he was hoping to see some miracle done by him. ⁹ He questioned him with many words; but Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ The high priests and the scribes stood and vehemently accused him. ¹¹ Herod along with his soldiers treated him with contempt and after making sport of him and putting a gorgeous robe on him, sent him back to Pilate. ¹² So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that day. Previously they had been at enmity. ¹³ Pilate called together the high priests and the rulers and the people ¹⁴ and said to them, "You have brought before me this man as one who misguides the people, and yet I, in examining him before you, have found in this man not one criminal thing of all that you charge against him. ¹⁵ No more has Herod; for he has sent him back to us. See, nothing deserving of death has been done by him. ¹⁶ So I will scourge him and release him." ¹⁷ TEXT OMITTED ¹⁸ But the whole crowd cried out together, "Put him out of the way and free Barabbas for us!" ¹⁹ (Barabbas, on account of a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder, had been thrown into prison.) ²⁰ Again Pilate spoke to them, wishing to release Jesus. ²¹ But they shouted, "Crucify him, crucify him!" ²² For the third time he said to them, "What wrong has he done? I have found nothing criminal in him. I will therefore scourge him and let him go." ²³ But they insisted with loud voices asking to have him crucified, and their voices prevailed. ²⁴ So Pilate gave sentence that what they asked should be done.