^{20 Ref} Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

^{21 Ref} but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

^{22 Ref} He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

^{23 Ref} But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

^{24 Ref} Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

^{25 Ref} He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.