Mark 15:1–15

And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate.

²And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it.

³And the chief priests accused him in many things.

⁴And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold in how many things they accuse thee.

⁵But Jesus still answered nothing: so that Pilate wondered.

⁶Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.

⁷And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.

⁸And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹And Pilate answered them and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?

¹⁰For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy.

¹¹But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

¹²And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?

¹³But they again cried out: Crucify him.

¹⁴And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him.

¹⁵And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas: and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.