Matthew 27:15–26

¹⁵And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed, ¹⁶and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas, ¹⁷they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, ‘Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?’ ¹⁸for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up. ¹⁹And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, ‘Nothing—to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.’ ²⁰And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus; ²¹and the governor answering said to them, ‘Which of the two will ye that I shall release to you?’ And they said, ‘Barabbas.’ ²²Pilate saith to them, ‘What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?’ They all say to him, ‘Let be crucified!’ ²³And the governor said, ‘Why, what evil did he?’ and they were crying out the more, saying, ‘Let be crucified.’ ²⁴And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, ‘I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye—ye shall see;’ ²⁵and all the people answering said, ‘His blood is upon us, and upon our children!’

²⁶Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up that he may be crucified;