But the justice [or the president] answered, and said to them, Whom of the twain will ye, that be delivered to you? And they said, Barabbas.
Thou hast made far from me my known; they have set [or put] me abom-ination to themselves. I am taken in, and I went not out;
Therefore Pilate said to them, when they were [gathered] together, Whom will ye, that I deliver to you? whether Barabbas, or Jesus, that is said Christ?
Forsooth the princes of priests, and the elder men counselled the people, that they should ask Barabbas, but they should destroy Jesus.
Pilate saith to them, What then shall I do of Jesus, that is said Christ? All they say, Be he crucified.
And when the tillers saw him, they thought within themselves, and said, This is the heir, slay we him, that the heritage be ours.
And Pilate called together the princes of priests, and the magistrates of the people,