²⁴ And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

²⁶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

¹⁵ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

¹ Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.