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

^{22 Ref} Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'

^{23 Ref} And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

^{24 Ref} And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

^{25 Ref} and all the people answering said, `His blood `is' upon us, and upon our children!'