KJV ORIGINAL
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Every year during the festival, the governor had this tradition where he'd let the crowd pick one prisoner to go free.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
It was basically crowd-sourced clemency — the people got to choose who walked free.
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