The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will you that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will you that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified.
But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,