Choosing

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.