But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?