16. A lokacin kuwa da wani shahararren ɗan sarƙa, mai suna Barabbas.
17. Da suka taru sai Bilatus ya ce musu, “Wa kuke so in sakar muku? Barabbas ko kuwa Yesu da ake kira Almasihu?”
18. Don ya sani saboda hassada ne suka bashe shi.
19. Banda haka kuma, a lokacin da yake zaune a kan gadon shari'a, sai mata tasa ta aiko masa da cewa, “Ka fita daga sha'anin mara laifin nan, don yau na sha wahala ƙwarai a mafarkinsa.”
20. To, sai manyan firistoci da shugabanni suka rarrashi jama'a su zaɓi Barabbas, Yesu kuwa a kashe shi.
21. Sai mai mulki ya sāke ce musu, “Wane ne a cikin biyun nan kuke so in sakar muku?” Sai suka ce, “Barabbas.”
22. Bilatus ya ce musu, “To, ƙaƙa zan yi da Yesu da ake kira Almasihu?” Duk sai suka ce, “A gicciye shi!”
23. Ya ce, “Ta wane halin? Wane mugun abu ya yi?” Amma su sai ƙara ɗaga murya suke ta yi, suna cewa, “A gicciye shi!”
24. Da Bilatus ya ga bai rinjaye su ba, sai dai hargitsi yana shirin tashi, sai ya ɗibi ruwa ya wanke hannunsa a gaban jama'a, ya ce, “Ni kam, na kuɓuta daga alhakin jinin mai adalcin nan. Wannan ruwanku ne.”
25. Sai duk jama'a suka amsa suka ce, “Alhakin jininsa a wuyanmu, mu da 'ya'yanmu!”