And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
And the multitude went up and began to ask him {\i to do} as he was wont to do unto them.
For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.