6 Now at time of the Jewish Passover, at their request, Pilatos (Pilate) would normally pardon one prisoner for them. 7 There was another prisoner at that time named Bar-Aba (Grk. Barabbas), who was an activist arrested for murder. 8 By now the crowd had arrived, and asked Pilatos to release a prisoner as usual at Passover, 9 so he asked them, “Do you all want me to release the King of the Yehudim (Jews) for you?” 10 (That was because Pilatos was well aware that the chief priests had brought Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) because they were jealous of his popularity.) 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to start saying that it was Bar-Aba that they wanted released, 12 so Pilatos asked again, “Then what should I do with this man that you call the King of the Yehudim?”

13 The crowd yelled back, “Execute him on a post.”

14 “What has he even done wrong?” Pilatos demanded.

But they just yelled louder, “Execute him on a post!”

15 Now Pilatos wanted to placate the crowd, so he had Bar-Aba released while he had Yeshua flogged and then handed over to the execution squad.