7. There was a man in prison at that time named Barabbas. He and the rebels with him had been put in prison for committing murder during a riot.
8. The people came to Pilate and asked him to free a prisoner as he always did.
9. Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?”
10. Pilate knew that the leading priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.