Mark 15:1
Early the next morning, the chief priest, elders, and religious teachers—the whole governing council—came to a decision. They had Jesus bound and sent him to be handed over to Pilate.
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2Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” “You said it,” Jesus replied.
Cross References
Psalms 2:2The kings of the world prepare to attack, and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and his anointed one, saying,
Matthew 20:18“Look, we're going to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and religious teachers. They will condemn him to death
Mark 10:33“We're going to Jerusalem,” he told them, “and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and religious teachers. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the foreigners.
Luke 22:66Early in the morning the council of elders gathered together with the chief priests and religious teachers. Jesus was led before the council.
John 18:28Early in the morning they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. The Jewish leaders didn't enter the palace because if they did they would become ceremonially unclean and they wanted to be able to eat the Passover meal.
Acts 4:5The next day, the rulers, elders, and religious leaders met together in Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Mark 15:1
What we read of the sufferings of Christ, in the foregoing chapter, was but the prologue or introduction; here we have the completing of them. We left him condemned by the chief priests; but they could only show their teeth, they could not bite. Here we have him, I. Arraigned and accused before Pilate the Roman governor, ver. 1-5 . II. Cried out against by the common people, at the instigation of the priests, ver. 6-14 . III. Condemned to be crucified immediately, ver. 15 . IV. Bantered and abused, as a mock-king,… Read the whole commentary →