Mark 15:6

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, ¹  whomever they requested.

Mt 26:2,5; Mt 27:15; Lu 23:16,17; Joh 18:39,40; Ac 24:27; Ac 25:9

¹ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner to them 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); see W. W. Wessel, “Mark,” EBC 8:773-74.