Mark 15:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?”

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And since I usually set a prisoner free for you at Passover, would you like for me to set free the king of the Jews?”

The crowd now came and asked Pilate to set a prisoner free, just as he usually did.

Pilate knew that the chief priests had brought Jesus to him because they were jealous.