Readings for Lent and Easter

Jesus Is Led Before Pilate, Who Orders Him Crucified To Please The Crowd

15 And immediately, early-in-the-morning, the chief priests (with the elders and scribes) and the whole Sanhedrin having made a consultation^[a], having bound Jesus, took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate. ² And Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And the One, having responded to him, says “You are saying^[b] it ”. ³ And the chief priests were accusing Him as to many things. ⁴ And Pilate again was questioning Him, saying “Are You not answering anything? Look how many things they are accusing You”. ⁵ But Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate was marveling. ⁶ Now at the Feast, he was [in the habit of] releasing for them one prisoner whom they were requesting. ⁷ And the one being called Barabbas had been bound with the rebels^[c] who had committed murder in the rebellion^[d]. ⁸ And having come up, the crowd began to ask him to do as he was [in the habit of] doing for them. ⁹ And Pilate responded to them, saying “Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?” ¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy^[e]. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred-up the crowd in order that he might release Barabbas for them instead. ¹² And Pilate, again having responded, was saying to them “Then what do you want me to do as to the One whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And the ones cried-out again^[f], “Crucify Him!” ¹⁴ But Pilate was saying to them, “What indeed^[g] did He do wrong?” But the ones cried out even more, “Crucify Him!”