said to them, You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;

Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,