Matthew 27:21-26

WNT(i) 21 So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!" 22 "What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!" 23 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!" 24 So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it." 25 "His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!" 26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.