Mark 15:15

15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ascourged
A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal
Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Acts 25:9

9But Festus, cwishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”
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