“And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.”
The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did — the crowd's initiative is to request the Passover release — a request they have exercised before. They are not yet advocating for any specific prisoner; they are exercising the custom.
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