# Pilate said to them

"Pilate said to the crowd"

# to satisfy the crowd

"make the crowd happy by doing what they wanted him to do"

# He scourged Jesus

Pilate did not actually scourge Jesus but rather his soldiers did.

# scourged

"flogged." To "scourge" is to beat with an especially painful whip.

# then handed him over to be crucified

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

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pilate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/crucify]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/barabbas]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]