Mark 15:11

But the chief priests It was probably at this juncture that he received the message from his wife imploring him to have nothing to do with "that just person" (Matthew 27:19) standing before him. His feelings, therefore, of awe were intensified, and his resolve to effect the release increased. But the chief priests stirred up the people, and urged them to choose Barabbas, the patriot leader, the zealot for their country, the champion against oppression. The word translated "moved" only occurs here and in the parallel, Luke 23:5. It denotes (i) to shake to and fro, to brandish;(ii) to make threatening gestures;(iii) to stir up, or instigate. Their efforts were successful, and when Pilate formally put the question, the cry went up, "Not this Man," the Holy and Undefiled, Whom they had lately welcomed with Hosannas into their city, but the hero of the insurrection, Barabbas (John 18:39-40).