12 But when the chief priests and the elders brought charges against him, he did not answer.
13 Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the charges they are bringing against you?"
14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge. The governor was really amazed.
15 It was the governor's practice at the Passover Feast to let one prisoner go free. The people could choose the one they wanted.
16 At that time they had a well-known prisoner named Barabbas.
17 So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called Christ?"
18 Pilate knew that the leaders were jealous. He knew this was why they had handed Jesus over to him.