Luke 23:20-24

But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

but they kept on crying out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”

And he said to them a third time, “Why, what has this Man done wrong? I have found in His case no grounds for a sentence of death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.

And so Pilate decided to have their demand carried out.