Mattityahu 27:21-23

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²¹ But the Governor answered, saying to them, Which of the two do you want me to release for you? And they said, Bar-Abba.

²² In reply, Pilate says to them, What, therefore, may I do with Yehoshua, the one called the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach? Everyone says, Let him be made TALUI AL HAETZ (being hanged on the Tree!) Be hanged on HAETZ! [DEVARIM 21:23]

²³ But Pilate said, Why? What rah (evil) has he done? But they kept shouting all the more, saying, Let him be hanged on HAETZ!