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.
19. While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, "Don't have anything to do with that man. He is not guilty. I have suffered a great deal in a dream today because of him."
20. But the chief priests and the elders talked the crowd into asking for Barabbas and having Jesus put to death.