5. But Yeshua did not answer, so Pilate was amazed.
6. Now during the feast, he used to release to them one prisoner, anyone they were asking for.
7. Now a man named Bar-Abba had been in jail with the rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.
8. The crowd came up and began to request what he was accustomed to do for them.
9. But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
10. For he knew that out of envy the ruling kohanim had handed Him over.
11. But the ruling kohanim stirred up the crowd, so he would release Bar-Abba to them instead.
12. Then answering again, Pilate said to them, “So what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
13. They shouted back, “Execute Him!”
14. Pilate responded, “Why? What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Execute Him!”
15. Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Bar-Abba for them. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
16. The soldiers took Him away, into the palace, the governor’s mansion called the Praetorium. And they call together the cohort of soldiers.
17. They dress Him up in purple. After braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.
18. And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19. Over and over, they kept hitting Him on the head with a staff and spitting on Him; and kneeling down, they worshiped Him.
20. When they finished mocking Him, they stripped the purple off Him and put His own clothes back on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
21. Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was coming in from the countryside. The soldiers force this passerby to carry Yeshua’s cross-beam.
22. They bring Yeshua to the place called Golgotha (which is translated, Place of a Skull).