Matthew 27:25-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁵ Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”^{(A) 26} So he released Barabbas for them, and after flogging Jesus he handed him over to be crucified.^(B)

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,^[a] and they gathered the whole cohort around him.^(C)