In response the governor said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” They said, “Barabbas.”
So when the crowds were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be executed.
So Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
But when they saw him, the farmers discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,