Matthew 27:19 Pontius Pilate's Wife Tells
Him Not to Try Jesus because of Her Dream
15
Now at that feast the Gouernor was woont to release
vnto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate
said vnto them, Whom will ye that I release vnto you? Barabbas, or Iesus, which
is called Christ?
18
For hee knew that for enuie they had deliuered him.
19
¶ When he was set downe on the Iudgement seate,
his wife sent vnto him, saying, Haue thou nothing to doe with that iust man: for
I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame, because of him.
20
But the chiefe Priestes and Elders perswaded the
multitude that they should aske Barabbas, & destroy Iesus.
21
The Gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of
the twaine will ye that I release vnto you? They said, Barabbas.
22
Pilate said vnto them, What shall I doe then with
Iesus, which is called Christ? They all sayde vnto him, Let him be crucified.
23
And the Gouernour said, Why, what euil hath he done?
But they cried out že more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24
¶ When Pilate saw that he could preuaile nothing, but
that rather a tumult was made, hee tooke water, and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust person: see yee to
it.
25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be
on vs, and on our children.
To see a digital image of the passage from a copy of the 1611 first edition,
visit
the Official King James Bible Online (though how they got to be
"official" is surely a mystery that passeth understanding). Still, it's an
accurate and nicely produced site.