Matthew 27:15-26 ▼

15 At that feast, the deputie was wont to delyuer vnto the people a prysoner, whom they woulde desire.

16 He had then a notable prysoner, called Barabbas.

17 Therfore, when they were gathered together, Pilate saide vnto them: whether wyll ye that I geue loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus, whiche is called Christe?

18 For he knewe, that for enuy they had delyuered hym.

19 When he was set downe to geue iudgment, his wyfe sent vnto hym, saying: haue thou nothing to do with that iuste man: For I haue suffred many thynges this day in a dreame because of him.

20 But the chiefe priestes & elders perswaded the people, that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and destroy Iesus.

21 The deputie aunswered, and saide vnto them: Whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you? They saide, Barabbas.

22 Pilate sayde vnto them: What shall I do then with Iesus, whiche is called Christe? They all sayde vnto hym: let hym be crucified.

23 The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified.

24 When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng, but that more busynesse was made, he toke water, and washed his handes before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this iust person, see ye to it.

25 Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren.

26 Then let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered hym to be crucified.