Moffatt(i)
20 But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.
21 The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.
22 Pilate said, "Then what am I to do with Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"
23 "Why," said the governor, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted on more fiercely than ever, "Have him crucified!"
24 Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"
25 To this all the people replied, "His blood be on us and on our children!"