14. And He did not answer him, not one word, so that the governor wondered much.
15. And at the festival the governor used to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wished.
16. And they had then a well-known prisoner called Barabba.
17. So when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you wish I release to you? Barabba, or יהושע who is called Messiah?”
18. For he knew that because of envy they had delivered Him up.
19. And as he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have none at all to do with that righteous Man, for I have suffered much today in a dream because of Him.”
20. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabba and to destroy יהושע.
21. And the governor answering, said to them, “Which of the two do you wish I release to you?” They said, “Barabba!”
22. Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with יהושע who is called Messiah?” They all said to him, “Let Him be impaled!”
23. And the governor said, “Indeed, what evil has He done?” And they were crying out all the more, saying, “Let Him be impaled!”
24. And when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this Righteous One. You shall see to it.”
25. And all the people answering, said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”
26. Then he released Barabba to them, but having יהושע whipped, he delivered Him over to be impaled.
27. Then the soldiers of the governor took יהושע into the court and gathered the entire company of soldiers around Him.