But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead.
Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you, for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
For he realized that it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed him over.
Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you wish me to do with the man you call the King of the Jews?”
They shouted in reply, “Not this man but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a rebel.
But you rejected the holy and righteous one and asked to have a murderer given to you,