Luke 23:13-16

Luke 23:13-16. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

Ah! that word "chastise" shim so glibly over the tongue, but you know what it meant, when the Roman lectors laid bare the back and used the terrific scourge? "I will scourge him," said Pilate. Perhaps he thought that if he scourged him, his suffering would induce the Jews to spare his life.