و َكانَ الوالِي مُعتاداً فِي عِيدِ الفِصْحِ أنْ يُطلِقَ للنّاسِ سَجِيناً يَختارونَهُ.
And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,