The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”
Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified.”
But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,