Mark 15:10
For he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered Him up.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
In Context
9But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you desire that I release to you the King of the Jews?”
11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
Cross References
Matthew 27:18For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
Titus 3:3For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
James 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
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 →