Mark 15:11
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 out of envy.
12And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?
Cross References
Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over, and a net spread upon Thabor.
John 18:40Then cried they all again, 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 →