27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ¹  whomever they wanted. 27:16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus ²  Barabbas. 27:17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus ³  Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” ⁴  27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) ⁵  27:19 As ⁶  he was sitting on the judgment seat, ⁷  his wife sent a message ⁸  to him: ⁹  “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; ¹⁰  I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream ¹¹  about him today.” 27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. 27:21 The ¹²  governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” 27:22 Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” ¹³  They all said, “Crucify him!” ¹⁴  27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

27:24 When ¹⁵  Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” ¹⁶  27:25 In ¹⁷  reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” 27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, ¹⁸  he handed him over ¹⁹  to be crucified. ²⁰  27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence ²¹  and gathered the whole cohort ²²  around him. 27:28 They ²³  stripped him and put a scarlet robe ²⁴  around him,