At the crowd’s insistence, Pilate released a criminal, and gave orders that Jesus should be crucified.

Mark 15:6-15

6 It was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one person who was in prison. He customarily released whichever prisoner the people requested. 7 At that time there was a man called Barabbas who had been {whom the soldiers had} put in prison with some other men. Those men had murdered some soldiers when they rebelled against the Roman government. 8 A crowd approached Pilate and asked him to release someone, just like he customarily did for them during the Passover celebration. 9 Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the man whom you Jewish people say is your king?” 10 He asked this because he realized what the chief priests were wanting to do. They were accusing Jesus because they were jealous of him because many people were becoming his disciples. 11 But the chief priests urged the crowd to request that Pilate release Barabbas for them instead of Jesus. 12 Pilate said to them again, “If I release Barabbas, what do you want me to do with the man whom some of you Jews say is your king?” 13 Then they shouted again, “Command that your soldiers crucify him!” 14 Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “Command your soldiers to crucify him!” 15 So, because Pilate wanted to please the crowd, he released Barabbas for them. Then, after his soldiers had whipped Jesus with leather straps into which they had fastened metal pieces, Pilate told the soldiers to take him away in order that he would be crucified {they would crucify him}.