11. Jesus stood before Pilate, the governor, who asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Yes, that’s right.”
12. Then, when the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders made their accusations against Jesus, he said nothing.
13. So Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear all these charges they are making against you? Why don’t you answer?”
14. But Jesus did not say anything, and this really surprised the governor.
15. Every year at Passover time the governor would free one prisoner—whichever one the people wanted him to free.
16. At that time there was a man in prison who was known to be very bad. His name was Barabbas.
17. When a crowd gathered, Pilate said to them, “I will free one man for you. Which one do you want me to free: Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
18. Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.
19. While Pilate was sitting there in the place for judging, his wife sent a message to him. It said, “Don’t do anything with that man. He is not guilty. Last night I had a dream about him, and it troubled me very much.”
20. But the leading priests and older Jewish leaders told the people to ask for Barabbas to be set free and for Jesus to be killed.