Matthew 27:17-25 And when they were gathered together. Pylate sayde to them whether wyl ye that I let lose vnto you Barrabas or Iesu, whiche is called Christe?

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And when they were gathered together. Pylate sayde to them whether wyl ye that I let lose vnto you Barrabas or Iesu, whiche is called Christe? ¹⁸ For he knewe well that for enuye they had delyuered hym. ¹⁹ When he was set doune to geue iudgement hys wyfe sent to hym saying: haue thou nothing to do with that iust man. For I haue suffered manye thynges thys daye in a dreame about hym. ²⁰ But the chief priestes and the elders had perswaded the people, that they shulde axe Barrabas and destroye Iesus. ²¹ Then the debitye answered and sayd vnto them: whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let lose vnto you? And they sayed: Barrabas ²² Pylate sayed vnto them: what shall I do then with Iesus whiche is called Christ? They all sayed vnto hym: let hym be crucifyed. ²³ Then sayed the debitie: what euyll hath he done? And they cried the more sayinge: let hym be crucifyed. ²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he preuayled nothyng but the more busynes was made, he toke water and washed his handes before the people sayinge I am innocent of the bloude of this iust persone, or on your perille be it. ²⁵ Then aunswered al the people & sayed, his bloude be on vs and on oure children.