Luke 23:4-5
23:4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”
23:5 But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”
Luke 23:14-16
23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.
23:15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.
23:16 I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”
Luke 23:21-25
23:21 But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”
23:22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”
23:23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.
23:24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
23:25 He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.