At each festival he used to release one prisoner to them;  one they asked for. Now there was a man called Barabbas, having been imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion. 

And the crowd, having come up, began to ask for just as he usually did for them. 

But Pilate replied to them: ‘Do you want me to release for you the  King of the Jews?’

For he knew  that the chief priests had handed him over because of jealousy. 

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he might release Barabbas for them instead. 

Then Pilate again asked the chief priests: ‘So what do you want me to do, with the one you call the King of the Jews? 

Again they cried out ‘Crucify him!’

But Pilate said to them: ‘What evil has he done?’

But they cried out even more: ‘Crucify him!’

And Pilate wishing to satisfy the crowd released for them Barabbas, and he handed over Jesus, having been flogged, to be crucified. 

O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

(unknown)