Pay attention to yourselves! "If your brother sins, rebuke him [i.e., show him where he is wrong in hope of effecting a change]; and if he repents [i.e., changes his heart and life], forgive him.

Then Pilate said to the leading priests and to the crowds [that had gathered], "I do not find anything wrong with this man."

So, Pilate called out to them a third time, "Why [should he be crucified]; what wrong has this man done? I have not found any reason for putting him to death, so I will punish him and [then] release him."

And for us it is truly a just sentence, for we are getting back what we deserve for our actions, but this man has not done anything wrong."