¹⁹ (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city and for murder.)

¹⁴ But you rejected the holy and righteous^[a] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,^(A)

⁵ But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”

² They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”^[a](A)