But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, 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.
For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?”