Matthew 27:15–26 · BSB
27:15
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
27:16
At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
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27:17
So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
27:18
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
27:19
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
27:21
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
27:22
“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
27:23
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
27:24
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
27:26
So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
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