'Release' in the Bible

You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

So Pilate said to Him, “You’re not talking to me? Don’t You know that I have the authority to release You and the authority to crucify You?”

From that moment Pilate made every effort to release Him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!”