21. and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye [that] I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'
22. Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'
23. And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'
24. And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye--ye shall see;'
25. and all the people answering said, `His blood [is] upon us, and upon our children!'
26. Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] up that he may be crucified;
27. then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;