“Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose, I have come to this hour.

So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord;

And the high priest tore his garments and said. “What further witnesses do we need? You have heard the blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned Him as deserving death.