noyes - Matthew:27:17-26

noyes@Matthew:27:17 @ When therefore they were assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?

noyes@Matthew:27:18 @ For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

noyes@Matthew:27:19 @ And while he was sitting on the judgmentseat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered much this day in a dream because of him.

noyes@Matthew:27:20 @ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

noyes@Matthew:27:21 @ And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release to you? And they said, Barabbas.

noyes@Matthew:27:22 @ Pilate saith to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

noyes@Matthew:27:23 @ And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

noyes@Matthew:27:24 @ And when Pilate saw that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of this blood; see ye to it.

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

noyes@Matthew:27:26 @ Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.