The Governor, however, said to them: "Which of these two do you wish me to release for you?" "Barabbas," they answered.
So, when the people had collected, Pilate said to them: "Which do you wish me to release for you? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called 'Christ'?"
But the Chief Priests and the Councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus.
"What then," Pilate asked, "shall I do with Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" "Let him be crucified," they all replied.
But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. 'Here is the heir!' they said. 'Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.'
So Pilate summoned the Chief Priests, and the leading men, and the people,