Luke 23:23

²¹  But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

²²  And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

²³  And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

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

²⁵  And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.