Luke 23:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free and [^Lagain] ·told this to [appealed to; addressed] the crowd. ²¹ But they shouted again, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

²² A third time Pilate said to them, “Why? What ·wrong [crime; evil] has he done? I can find no reason to kill him. So I will have him ·punished [flogged] and set him free.”