Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 through envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
Cross References
John 18:40They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one, 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 →