Matthew 27:20-23 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹ But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. ²² Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. ²³ And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.