Пилат не думав Ісуса. На замовлення він буде випускати один ув'язнений щороку. Він запропонував звільнити Ісуса, але натовп, який був призначений для Бараббас.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.16 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”