and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment is for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;
for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;
And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye that I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?'
therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one--but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.
and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man--a murderer--to be granted to you,