Luke 23:15

¹³  And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴  Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

¹⁵  No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

¹⁶  I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

¹⁷  (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)