^{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.

^{19 Ref} And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

^{20 Ref} And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

²¹ and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye `that' I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'