^{15 Ref} And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

^{16 Ref} and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

^{17 Ref} they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

^{18 Ref} for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.