Mark 15:6

Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

In Context

5But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered.

7And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

Luke 23:16I will chastise him therefore, and release him.

John 18:39But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

Acts 24:27But when two years were ended, Felix had for successor Portius Festus. And Felix being willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

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 →

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