Friar Vicente de Valverde , who had earlier offered the Bible to Atahuallpa , intervened again , telling Atahuallpa that if he agreed to convert to Christianity he would convince the rest to commute the sentence . Friar Vicente de Valverde , who had earlier offered the Bible to Atahualpa , intervened , telling Atahualpa that if he agreed to convert to Catholicism , he would convince Pizarro to commute the sentence .