The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,