Matthew 27:11-18

11Now Jesus stood before [Pilate] the governor, and the governor asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” [In affirmation] Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

12But when the charges were brought against Him by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

13Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?”

14But Jesus did not reply to him, not even to a single accusation, so that the governor was greatly astonished.

15Now at the feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner whom the people chose.

16And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner [guilty of insurrection and murder], called Barabbas.

17So when they had assembled [for this purpose], Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to set free for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

18For Pilate knew that it was because of jealousy that the chief priests and elders had handed Jesus over to him.