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.