Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Yeshua.
When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!
But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.