Mat 27:15 | NETfull | STEP | During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

Matthew 27:15

15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ^{▼▼ The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probably used in Palestine as well (cf. Matt 27:15; John 18:39).} whomever they wanted.