20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ^wask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that ^za riot was beginning, he took water and ^awashed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^bthis man’s blood;^{1 c}see to it yourselves.”