'Wanted' in the Bible

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.