^{20 Ref} Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.

²¹ But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.

^{22 Ref} Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

^{23 Ref} And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!