TSK · Mark 15:6

But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.