21 So the governor answered and[a] said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said to them, “What then should I do with Jesus, the one who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” 23 And he said, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they began to shout[b] even louder, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:21 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 27:23 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to shout”)