Matthew 27:17-26 When they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release to you? Bar-Abbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ?

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ When they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release to you? Bar-Abbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ? ¹⁸ For Pilate knew that because of envy they had delivered him. ¹⁹ When the governor was sitting on his judgment seat, his wife sent to him and said to him, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for today I have suffered a great deal in my dream because of him. ²⁰ But the high priests and the elders urged the people to ask for Bar-Abbas, and to destroy Jesus. ²¹ And the governor answered and said to them, Which of these two do you want me to release to you? They said, Bar-Abbas. ²² Pilate said to them, What shall I then do with Jesus who is called the Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified. ²³ Pilate said to them, What evil has he done? But they cried out the more and said, Let him be crucified. ²⁴ Now when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but that instead confusion was increasing, he took water and washed his hands before the people, and said, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; do as you please. ²⁵ All the people then answered and said, Let his blood be on us and on our children. ²⁶ Then he released to them Bar-Abbas, and had Jesus scourged with whips, and delivered to be crucified.