“Inasmuch as he was quite aware of the fact that the Lord was suspended on the cross by the soldiers, and not by the Jews, as John most plainly affirms, his hidden object [in bringing in the said clause] was to convey the idea that those parties who cried out that He should be crucified were the Lord's real crucifiers,…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — The Harmony of the Gospels, Book 3
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12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
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10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
— Mark 15:12 —
13And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.