en_tn/mrk/15/11.md

stirred up the crowd

The author speaks of the chief priests rousing or urging the crowd as if the crowd were a bowl of something that they were stirring. Alternate translation: "roused the crowd" or "urged the crowd" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

released instead

They requested Barabbas to be released instead of Jesus. Alternate translation: "released instead of Jesus" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)