21. The governor answered, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”They said, “Barabbas.”
22. Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
23. The governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”But they cried out all the more, “Let Him be crucified!”
24. When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that unrest was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous Man. See to it yourselves.”
25. Then all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
26. Then he released Barabbas to them. But when he had scourged Jesus, he handed Him over to be crucified.