St Luke 23,vs 21-24 (The whole saga beguns at 22, v66)

"Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required."

Steve