mnt - Luke:23:13-25

mnt@Luke:23:13 @ So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

mnt@Luke:23:14 @ and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.

mnt@Luke:23:15 @ Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.

mnt@Luke:23:16 @ I will therefore, after flogging him, release him."

mnt@Luke:23:17 @ "Now he had to release to them at the feast one prisoner."

mnt@Luke:23:18 @ Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

mnt@Luke:23:19 @ (This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)

mnt@Luke:23:20 @ Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus;

mnt@Luke:23:21 @ but they continued to shout out and say, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

mnt@Luke:23:22 @ For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

mnt@Luke:23:23 @ But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day.

mnt@Luke:23:24 @ So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.

mnt@Luke:23:25 @ He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.