20. Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free. So again Pilate told them that he would let him go.
21. But they shouted again, “Kill him! Kill him on a cross!”
22. A third time Pilate said to the people, “Why? What wrong has he done? He is not guilty. I can find no reason to kill him. So I will let him go free after I punish him a little.”
23. But the people continued to shout. They demanded that Jesus be killed on a cross. Their shouting got so loud that