“You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!

But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. 16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

Lord God my Father,

Give me the desire to hear only Truth, keep me from compromise. Help me to be firm in your way and sensitive to the ways of the world. Help me to act on the desires you place on my heart and strength to stand for your way when it may be hard. Protect me from my hypocrisy.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen