Matthew 27:15-18

15Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

16And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.

17They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

18For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.