Mark 15:11
But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
In Context
10For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.
Cross References
Hosea 5:1Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.
John 18:40Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.
Matthew Henry on Mark 15:2-15
Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But… Read the whole commentary →