Matthew 27:20-25

CLV(i) 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuade the throngs that they should be requesting Bar-Abbas, yet should be destroying Jesus." 21 Now, answering, the governor said to them, "Which of the two are you wanting I should be releasing to you?Now they said "Bar-Abbas!" 22 Pilate is saying to them, "What, then, shall I be doing with Jesus, who is termed Christ?They are all saying, "Let him be crucified!" 23 Yet the governor averred, "What evil does he?Yet they cried exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 24 Now Pilate, perceiving that it is benefiting nothing, but rather a tumult is occurring, getting water, washes off his hands in front of the throng, saying, "Innocent am I of the blood of this just man. You will be seeing to it!" 25 And, answering, the entire people said, "His blood be on us and on our children!"