New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 27:17-26

17SoG3767 when the peopleG846 gatheredG4863 togetherG4863, PilateG4091 saidG3004 to them, “WhomG5101 do you wantG2309 me to releaseG630 for you? BarabbasG912, orG2228 JesusG2424 1who is calledG3004 ChristG5547?” 18For he knewG3609 that becauseG1223 of envyG5355 they had handedG3860 Him over.

19 2While he was sittingG2521 on the judgmentG968 seatG968, his wifeG1135 sentG649 him a message, sayingG3004, “Have nothingG3367 to do with that 3righteousG1342 ManG1342; for 4lastG4594 nightG4594 I sufferedG3958 greatlyG4183 5in a dreamG3677 becauseG1223 of Him.” 20But the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 persuadedG3982 the crowdsG3793 to 6askG154 for BarabbasG912 and to putG622 JesusG2424 to deathG622. 21But the governorG2232 7saidG3004 to them, “WhichG5101 of the twoG1417 do you wantG2309 me to releaseG630 for you?” And they saidG3004, “BarabbasG912.” 22PilateG4091 saidG3004 to them, “ThenG3767 whatG5101 shall I doG4160 with JesusG2424 8who is calledG3004 ChristG5547?” They allG3956 saidG3004, “9CrucifyG4717 Him!” 23And he saidG5346, “WhyG1063, whatG5101 evilG2556 has He doneG4160?” But they kept shoutingG2896 allG4057 the moreG4057, sayingG3004, “10CrucifyG4717 Him!”

24When PilateG4091 sawG3708 that he was accomplishingG5623 nothingG3762, but ratherG3123 that 11a riotG2351 was startingG1096, he tookG2983 waterG5204 and 12washedG633 his handsG5495 in frontG2713 of the crowdG3793, sayingG3004, “I amG1510 innocentG121 of 13thisG3778 Man’sG3778 bloodG129; 14seeG3708 to that yourselvesG4771.” 25And allG3956 the peopleG2992 saidG3004, “15His bloodG129 shall be on us and on our childrenG5043!” 26ThenG5119 he releasedG630 BarabbasG912 16for them; but after having JesusG2424 17scourgedG5417, he handedG3860 Him over to be crucifiedG4717.

Notes

1. Matthew 27:17 Matt 1:16; 27:22 ↩
2. Matthew 27:19 John 19:13; Acts 12:21; 18:12, 16f; 25:6, 10, 17 ↩
3. Matthew 27:19 Matt 27:24 ↩
4. Matthew 27:19 Lit today ↩
5. Matthew 27:19 Gen 20:6; 31:11; Num 12:6; Job 33:15; Matt 1:20; 2:12f, 19, 22 ↩
6. Matthew 27:20 Acts 3:14 ↩
7. Matthew 27:21 Lit answered and said to them ↩
8. Matthew 27:22 Matt 1:16 ↩
9. Matthew 27:22 Lit Let Him be crucified ↩
10. Matthew 27:23 Lit Let Him be crucified ↩
11. Matthew 27:24 Matt 26:5 ↩
12. Matthew 27:24 Deut 21:6-8 ↩
13. Matthew 27:24 Matt 27:19 ↩
14. Matthew 27:24 Matt 27:4 ↩
15. Matthew 27:25 Josh 2:19; Acts 5:28 ↩
16. Matthew 27:26 Or to them ↩
17. Matthew 27:26 Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16; John 19:1 ↩