Luke 23:13-18 ▼

13 And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

14 said to them, “You brought this Man to me as perverting the people, and behold, I having examined [Him] before you, found no fault in this Man in those things you bring forward against Him;

15 no, neither Herod, for he sent Him back to us, and behold, nothing worthy of death is having been done by Him;

16 having corrected, therefore, I will release Him,”

17 [[for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every celebration,]]

18 and they cried out—the whole multitude—saying, “Away with this One, and release Barabbas to us,”