'Tried' in the Bible

Then the Jewish leaders tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.

From then on, Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, "If you release this fellow, you're not a friend of Caesar! Anyone who claims to be a king is defying Caesar!"