So when the Governor a second time asked them, »Which of the two shall I release to you?« –they cried, »Barabbas!«
So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. »Whom shall I release to you,« he said, »Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?«
The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.
»What then,« said Pilate, »shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?« With one voice they shouted, »Let him be crucified!«
»But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said,« `This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,