[footnote: Some mss. add: Now Pilate needed to release one prisoner to them at the feast.]
Now during the feast, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, anyone they wanted.
Therefore I will scourge Him and release Him.”
But they shouted out all together, saying, “Take this fellow away! Release to us Bar-Abba!”
Now during the feast, he used to release to them one prisoner, anyone they were asking for.
But it’s your custom that I release someone for you at Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”