Matthew 27:11-30

11Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

12But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

13Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?”

14But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

15During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

16At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

17So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

19As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.”

20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

21The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”

22Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!”

23He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

24When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”

25In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

26Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

29and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”

30They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.