Mark 15:9

Israeli Authorized Version

But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

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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 crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

For he knew that the chief kohanim had delivered him for envy.