But the chief priests and the elders talked the crowd into asking for Barabbas and having Jesus put to death.

祭司长和长老挑唆众人，求释放巴拉巴，除灭耶稣。

祭司长和长老挑唆众人，要求释放巴拉巴，除掉耶稣。

祭司长和长老挑唆众人，要求释放巴拉巴，除掉耶稣。

祭司长和长老却怂恿百姓要求释放巴拉巴，处死耶稣。

祭司长和长老怂恿群众，叫他们去要求释放巴拉巴，除掉耶稣。

祭司长们和长老们挑唆众人，叫他们要巴拉巴，而除灭耶稣。

祭司長和長老挑唆眾人，求釋放巴拉巴，除滅耶穌。

祭司長和長老挑唆眾人，要求釋放巴拉巴，除掉耶穌。

祭司長和長老挑唆眾人，要求釋放巴拉巴，除掉耶穌。

祭司長和長老卻慫恿百姓要求釋放巴拉巴，處死耶穌。

祭司長和長老慫恿群眾，叫他們去要求釋放巴拉巴，除掉耶穌。

祭司長和長老挑唆羣眾、求要巴拉巴而殺滅耶穌。

祭司長們和長老們挑唆眾人，叫他們要巴拉巴，而除滅耶穌。

祭司諸長、長老、唆眾求釋巴拉巴、而滅耶穌、

祭司諸長長老唆眾、求釋巴拉巴、滅耶穌、

祭司諸長及長老唆眾、求釋巴拉巴而滅耶穌、

惟司祭長耆老輩、則唆眾求釋巴辣巴、而殺耶穌。

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

They shouted back,“ No! Not him! Give us Barabbas!” Barabbas had taken part in an armed struggle against the country’s rulers.

But they shouted,“ Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”“ Should I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.“ We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.Finally, Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be nailed to a cross. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead.You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd. So the crowd asked Pilate to let Barabbas go free instead.

But the whole crowd shouted,“ Kill this man! But let Barabbas go!”Barabbas had been thrown into prison. He had taken part in a struggle in the city against the authorities. He had also committed murder.Pilate wanted to let Jesus go. So he made an appeal to the crowd again.

At that time many people became very upset about the Way of Jesus.There was a man named Demetrius who made things out of silver. He made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. He brought in a lot of business for the other skilled workers there.One day he called them together. He also called others who were in the same kind of business.“ My friends,” he said,“ you know that we make good money from our work.You have seen and heard what this fellow Paul is doing. He has talked to large numbers of people here in Ephesus. Almost everywhere in Asia Minor he has led people away from our gods. He says that the gods made by human hands are not gods at all.Our work is in danger of losing its good name. People’s faith in the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be weakened. Now she is worshiped all over Asia Minor and the whole world. But soon she will be robbed of her greatness.”When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.

Paul and Barnabas told them all these things. But they had trouble keeping the crowd from offering sacrifices to them.Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They won the crowd over to their side. They threw stones at Paul. They thought he was dead, so they dragged him out of the city.