[15:6] Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
[15:7] And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.
[15:8] And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
[15:9] And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
[15:10] For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
[15:11] But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
[15:12] And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?”
[15:13] And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”
[15:14] And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”
[15:15] So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.