13. Then Pilate said to Him, “Don’t You hear how many things they testify against you?”
14. Yeshua did not answer, not even one word, so the governor was greatly amazed.
15. Now during the feast, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, anyone they wanted.
16. At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Yeshua Bar-Abba.
17. So when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Which one do you want me to release for you? Yeshua who is Bar-Abba, or Yeshua who is called Messiah?”
18. For he knew that they had handed Him over out of envy.
19. While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Don’t have anything to do with that righteous Man, for today I’ve suffered many things in a dream because of Him.”
20. Now the ruling kohanim and elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Bar-Abba and destroy Yeshua.