among the insurgents--persons who in the insurrection
had committed murder.
015:008 So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them
the usual favour.
015:009 "Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate.
015:010 For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the
High Priests had handed Him over.
015:011 But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's
release in preference;
015:012 and when Pilate again asked them, "What then shall I do to
the man you call King of the Jews?"
015:013 they once more shouted out, "Crucify Him!"
015:014 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
But they vehemently shouted, "Crucify Him!"
015:015 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them,
and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion.
015:016 Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace
(the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion
015:017 they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath
of thorny twigs which they had twisted,
015:018 and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King
of the Jews."
015:019 Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit
on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.
015:020 At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him,
put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
015:021 One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus,
was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled
to carry His cross.
015:022 So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which,