# May his blood be on us and our children

Here "blood" is a metonym that stands for a person's death. The phrase "be on us and our children" is an idiom that means they accept the responsibility of what is happening. AT: "Yes! We and our descendants will be responsible for executing him!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Then he released Barabbas to them

"Then Pilate released Barabbas to the crowd"

# he scourged Jesus

It is implied that Pilate's soldiers scourged Jesus. AT: "Pilate's soldiers scourged Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# scourged

to beat a person with a whip

# handed him over to be crucified

This can be stated in active form. AT: "and Pilate ordered his soldiers to crucify Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/barabbas]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/crucify]]