17. So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
18. For he knew that they had handed Him over out of envy.
19. When he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man, for I have suffered much today in a dream on account of Him.”
20. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.
21. The governor answered, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”They said, “Barabbas.”