Matthew 27:15-18

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.