Matthew 27:22

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Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

When, therefore, they were assembled together, Pilate said to them, Which do you wish me to release to you? Barabbas? or Jesus, called Christ?

And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to kill him, and did not find it.

And Pilate again answered and said to them, What, then, do you wish me to do to him whom you call the king of the Jews?

Pilate therefore addressed them again, wishing to release Jesus;

And it was the preparation of the passover, it was about the sixth hour [noon]; and he said to the Jews, Behold your king!

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins,

And Pilate having called the chief priests, and rulers, and the people,

and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed;