But Pilate [armed with a spear] answered them, saying, Will you2f that I release unto you the King of the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah]?
But you2f have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Passover: will you2f therefore that I release unto you the King of the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah]?
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire [him to do] as he had ever done unto them.
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.