# addressed them again

"spoke to them again" or "spoke again to the people in the crowd and to the religious rulers"

# desiring to release Jesus

"because he wanted to set Jesus free"

# He said to them a third time

"Pilate said to the crowd again, for the third time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# what evil has this man done?

Pilate uses this question to cause the crowd to understand that Jesus is innocent. AT: "this man has not done anything wrong!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# I have found nothing deserving the death penalty in him

"He has done nothing for which he deserves to die"

# after punishing him, I will release him

As in [Luke 23:16](./15.md), Pilate should have released Jesus without punishment because he was innocent. However, he offered to punish Jesus to appease the crowd.

# I will release him

"I will set him free"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pilate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/crucify]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]