Matthew 27:11-18

11Jesus stood in front of the governor, ⌞Pilate⌟. The governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “Yes, I am,” Jesus answered.

12While the chief priests and leaders were accusing him, he said nothing.

13Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they’re bringing against you?”

14But Jesus said absolutely nothing to him in reply, so the governor was very surprised.

15At every Passover festival the governor would free one prisoner whom the crowd wanted.

16At that time there was a well-known prisoner by the name of Barabbas.

17So when the people gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which man do you want me to free for you? Do you want me to free Barabbas or Jesus, who is called Christ?”

18Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.