Luke 23:21-25
Luke 23:21
but they kept on crying out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”
Luke 23:22
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.”
Luke 23:23
But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.
Luke 23:24
And so Pilate decided to have their demand carried out.
Luke 23:25
And he released the man for whom they were asking, who had been thrown into prison for a revolt and murder; but he handed Jesus over to their will. Simon Carries the Cross