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Pilate discusses the customary festival release while Barabbas waits under guard.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible. Festival release custom recalled during the hearing.

Mark 15:6

The Festival Release

The Cross and the Tomb · Mark 15

Story guide: The festival brings Pilate’s customary release of one prisoner whom the people ask him to set free.

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6At the Passover festival, Pilate would release one prisoner for the people—the one they asked for.

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