But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgment applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
For he knew it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Him over.
Pilate asked them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews? ”
They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas! ” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.