Matthew 27:17-26 And whan they were gathered together, Pylate sayde vnto them: Whether wil ye, that I geue lowse vnto you? Barrabas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And whan they were gathered together, Pylate sayde vnto them: Whether wil ye, that I geue lowse vnto you? Barrabas, or Iesus which is called Christ? ¹⁸ For he knewe well that they had delyuered him of enuye. ¹⁹ And wha he sat vpo the iudgmet seate, his wife sent vnto him, sayenge: Haue thou nothinge to do with that righteous man, for I haue suffred many thinges this daye in a dreame because of him. ²⁰ But the hye prestes and the elders persuaded the people, that they shulde axe Barrabas, and destroye Iesus. ²¹ Then answered the debyte, & sayde vnto the: Whether of these two wyl ye yt I geue lowse vnto you? They sayde: Barrabas: ²² Pylate sayde vnto them: What shal I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They sayde all: let him be crucified. ²³ The debyte saide: What euell hath he done the? Neuertheles they cried yet more and sayde, let him be crucified. ²⁴ So whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, but that there was a greater vproure, he toke water, and wasshed his handes before the people, and sayde: I am vngiltie of ye bloude of this righteous man. Se ye therto. ²⁵ Then answered all the people, and sayde: His bloude come vpon vs, and vpon oure children. ²⁶ Then gaue he Barrabas lowse vnto the, but caused Iesus be scourged, and delyuered him to be crucified.