20 Again Pilate called out to them, because he wanted to release Jesus.+ 21 Then they began to yell, saying: “To the stake with him! To the stake with him!”*+ 22 The third time he said to them: “Why? What bad thing did this man do? I found in him nothing deserving of death; I will therefore punish him and release him.” 23 At this they became insistent, demanding with loud voices that he be executed,* and their voices prevailed.+ 24 So Pilate made the decision that their demand be met. 25 He released the man whom they were demanding, who had been thrown into prison for sedition and murder, but he surrendered Jesus to their will.