Matthew 27:20

Overview - Matthew 27
1	Christ is delivered bound to Pilate.
3	Judas hangs himself.
19	Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20	and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and looses Barabbas.
27	Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns;
33	crucified;
39	reviled;
50	dies, and is buried;
62	his sepulchre is sealed and watched.

Matthew 27:20  (King James Version)
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.