Mark 15:8

8 And the multitude went up and began to ask him [to do] as he was wont to do unto them.

Mark 15:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:8

And the multitude crying aloud
The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, and when the "multitude", or "people went up", to the place called the pavement, where the judgment seat was; and so it is read in Beza's most ancient copy; but the former reading is to be preferred:

began to desire [him to do] as he had ever done to them:
that is, release a prisoner to them, as he had done at every passover, since he had been a governor over them.

Mark 15:8 In-Context

6 Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

7 And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

8 And the multitude went up and began to ask him [to do] as he was wont to do unto them.

9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.