5. But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate wondered and marveled. [Isa. 53:7.]
6. Now at the Feast he [was accustomed to] set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested.
7. And among the rioters in the prison who had committed murder in the insurrection there was a man named Barabbas.
8. And the throng came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
9. And he replied to them, Do you wish me to set free for you the King of the Jews?
10. For he was aware that it was [because they were prompted] by envy that the chief priests had delivered Him up.
11. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release for them Barabbas instead.
12. And again Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with the Man Whom you call the King of the Jews?
13. And they shouted back again, Crucify Him!
14. But Pilate said to them, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted with all their might all the more, Crucify Him [at once]!
15. So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus whipped, he handed [Him] over to be crucified. [Isa. 53:5.]
16. Then the soldiers led Him away to the courtyard inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and they called the entire detachment of soldiers together.
17. And they dressed Him in [a] purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him.