Mark 15:9
Pilate knew that the Chief Priests were jealous of Jesus and that was why they had arrested him. So Pilate said to the crowd, “Do you want me to let the King of the Jews go free?”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
In Context
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 →