^6 (A)Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. ⁷ The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. ⁸ The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. ⁹ Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ^(B)to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. ¹² Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ They shouted ^[a]back, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁴ But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁵ Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ^(C)scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

¹⁷ [^[a]Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

¹⁸ But they cried out all together, saying, “^(A)Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!” ¹⁹ (He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder.) ²⁰ Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, ²¹ but they kept on calling out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!” ²² And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will ^(B)punish Him and release Him.” ²³ But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. ²⁴ And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted. ²⁵ And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

^39 (A)But you have a custom that I release someone ^[a]for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release ^[b]for you the King of the Jews?” ⁴⁰ So they cried out again, saying, “^(B)Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

The Crown of Thorns

19 Pilate then took Jesus and ^[c](C)scourged Him. ^2 (D)And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; ³ and they began to come up to Him and say, “^(E)Hail, King of the Jews!” and to ^(F)give Him slaps in the face. ⁴ Pilate ^(G)came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^(H)I find no guilt in Him.” ⁵ Jesus then came out, ^(I)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” ⁶ So when the chief priests and the ^(J)officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^(K)I find no guilt in Him.” ⁷ The Jews answered him, “^(L)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ^(M)made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

⁸ Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; ⁹ and he ^(N)entered into the ^[d]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(O)Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ So Pilate *said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹ Jesus answered, “^(P)You would have no authority ^[e]over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason ^(Q)he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” ¹² As a result of this Pilate ^[f]made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “^(R)If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king ^[g]opposes Caesar.”

¹³ Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ^(S)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called ^[h]The Pavement, but ^(T)in ^[i]Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was ^(U)the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the ^[j](V)sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, ^(W)your King!” ¹⁵ So they cried out, “^(X)Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

The Crucifixion

¹⁶ So he then ^(Y)handed Him over to them to be crucified.