So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over [to his soldiers] to be crucified.

So then Pilate took Jesus and had Him scourged (flogged, whipped).

Gave sentence

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous
Are both repulsive to the Lord.

It

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

General references

Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!

Then he handed Him over to them to be crucified.

And though they found no cause or charge deserving death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.