But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have
“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.