Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
In Context
10for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.
Cross References
Hosea 5:1Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
John 18:40They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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 →