And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.
Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.