1. At dawn’s first light, the high priests, with the religious leaders and scholars, arranged a conference with the entire Jewish Council. After tying Jesus securely, they took him out and presented him to Pilate.
11-12. But the high priests by then had worked up the crowd to ask for the release of Barabbas. Pilate came back, “So what do I do with this man you call King of the Jews?”
13. They yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”
14. Pilate objected, “But for what crime?”But they yelled all the louder, “Nail him to a cross!”
15. Pilate gave the crowd what it wanted, set Barabbas free and turned Jesus over for whipping and crucifixion.