20 UPhilathu waphinda wakhuluma labo ngoba wayefuna ukukhulula uJesu.+ 21 Baqalisa ukumemeza besithi: “Kabethelwe esigodweni! Kabethelwe esigodweni!”+ 22 Wakhuluma labo okwesithathu wathi: “Ngenxa yani? Kuyini okubi akwenzileyo? Mina angisitholanga isizatho sokuthi abulawe, yikho ngizamjezisa besengimkhulula.” 23 Lapho-ke babamba inkani bamemeza kakhulu besithi abulawe,* baze bacina bemkhulela uPhilathu.+ 24 Yikho wathi kwenziwe lokho ababekufuna. 25 Wayikhulula indoda ababesithi ikhululwe, leyo eyayiphoselwe ejele ngenxa yokuvukela umbuso lokubulala, kodwa wathi uJesu bamenze abakufunayo.