¹⁵Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd—the one whom they wanted. ¹⁶And at that time they had a notorious prisoner named Jesus^e Barabbas.^f ¹⁷So after^* they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you—Jesus^g Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?” ¹⁸(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy. ¹⁹And while^* he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message^* to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man,^h for I have suffered much as a result of a dream today because of him.”) ²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas and put Jesus to death. ²¹So the governor answered and^* said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” ²²Pilate said to them, “What then should I do with Jesus, the one who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” ²³And he said, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they began to shout^* even louder, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

²⁴So Pilate, when he^* saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water and^* washed hisⁱ hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to it!”^* ²⁵And all the people answered and^* said, “His blood be on us and on our children!” ²⁶Then he released Barabbas for them, but after^* he had Jesus flogged, he handed him^* over so that he could be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s residence and^* gathered the whole cohort to him. ²⁸And they stripped him and^* put a scarlet military cloak around him, ²⁹and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it^* on his head, and put^j a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ³⁰And they spat on him and^* took the reed and repeatedly struck^k him^* on his head. ³¹And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the military cloak and put his own clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify him.^*

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Matthew 27:29: and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Footnotes

eAlthough many manuscripts omit “Jesus” here, it is so hard to explain why a scribe would have added it that the reading is probably original
f“Barabbas” means “son of the father” in Aramaic
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had assembled”)
gAlthough many manuscripts omit “Jesus” here, it is so hard to explain why a scribe would have added it that the reading is probably original
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was sitting”)
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
hLiterally “nothing to you and to that righteous man”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to shout”)
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
iLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“flogged”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stripped”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
jThis is an understood repetition of the verb from earlier in the verse
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“spat”) has been translated as a finite verb
kThe imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation