Matthew 27:17-24 Being therefore gathered around him, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah?

Haweis⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Being therefore gathered around him, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah? ¹⁸ For he knew that out of envy they had delivered him up. ¹⁹ Then, as he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent a message to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous person; for I have suffered much to-day in a dream on his account. ²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the populace that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹ The governor repeating the question, said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? They said Barabbas. ²² Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah? They all say to him, Let him be crucified. ²³ The governor replied, But what evil hath he done? They cried out with greater vehemence, saying, Let him be crucified. ²⁴ When Pilate saw that it was of no use to contend, but that rather a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man: ye must answer for it.