11 Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked.“So you say,” answered Jesus.
12 But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.
13 So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of?”
14 But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised.
15 At every Passover Festival the Roman governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the crowd asked for.
16 At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.
17 So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to set free for you? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?”