He released . . . whomsoever they desired.—Both verbs are in the tense which implies custom.

And he therefore hoped that the people, who were not moved by the same envy, would have chosen to have Jesus set free.

The Venerable Bede: Pilate furnished many opportunities for releasing Jesus, in the first place contrasting a robber with the J…

The custom referred to here of releasing a prisoner at the Passover Feast is unknown outside the Gospels. Other documents confirm, however, that it…

Now at that feast
The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see (John 18:39) . The Syriac, A…

They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the Ki…