epikrino refers to issuing a decision, as Pilate does regarding the demand in Luke 23:24.

The attested use describes issuing a decision concerning a demand: in Luke 23:24, the aorist active indicative form marks Pilate's completed decision, and the APB renders the verse, “So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.”

1. Issuing a decision on a demand · dominant

   In Luke 23:24, ἐπέκρινεν is a third-person singular aorist active indicative in the clause about Pilate's action concerning the demand. The APB renders the verse, “So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.”

   Luke 23:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 23:24, the APB presents the action as Pilate having “decided” that the demand should be granted.