acv - Matthew:27:17-26

acv@Matthew:27:17 @ When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do ye want I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

acv@Matthew:27:18 @ For he knew that they delivered him up because of envy.

acv@Matthew:27:19 @ And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

acv@Matthew:27:20 @ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

acv@Matthew:27:21 @ Now the governor having answered, he said to them, Which of the two do ye want I would release to you? And they said, Barabbas.

acv@Matthew:27:22 @ Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified.

acv@Matthew:27:23 @ And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified.

acv@Matthew:27:24 @ And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it.

acv@Matthew:27:25 @ And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

acv@Matthew:27:26 @ Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified.