Jesus Is Sentenced to Death

Luke 23: 13-25 (GNT)

¹³ Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, ¹⁴ and said to them, “You brought this Man to me and said that He was misleading the people. Now, I have examined Him here in your presence, and I have not found Him guilty of any of the crimes you accuse Him of. ¹⁵ Nor did Herod find Him guilty, for he sent Him back to us. There is nothing this Man has done to deserve death. ¹⁶ So I will have Him whipped and let him go.” ^17 [a]
18 The whole crowd cried out, “Kill Him! Set Barabbas free for us!” (¹⁹ Barabbas had been put in prison for a riot that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
²⁰ Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he appealed to the crowd again. ²¹ But they shouted back, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
²² Pilate said to them the third time, “But what crime has He committed? I cannot find anything He has done to deserve death! I will have Him whipped and set Him free.”
²³ But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices that Jesus should be crucified, and finally their shouting succeeded. ²⁴ So Pilate passed the sentence on Jesus that they were asking for. ²⁵ He set free the man they wanted, the one who had been put in prison for riot and murder, and he handed Jesus over for them to do as they wished.