Luke 23:18-20
23:18 But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”
23:19 (This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)
23:20 Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.
John 18:40
18:40 Then they shouted back,
“Not this man,
but Barabbas!”
(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
)
John 19:15-16
19:15 Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”
19:16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
The Crucifixion
So they took Jesus,
Acts 3:14-15
3:14 But you rejected
the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
3:15 You killed
the Originator
of life, whom God raised
from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!