Matthew 27:15-18 Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd—the one whom they wanted. ¹⁶ And at that time they had a notorious prisoner named Jesus* Barabbas.* ¹⁷ So after* they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you—Jesus* Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?" ¹⁸ (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.