Mark 15:8

The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner following his usual custom.

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In The King James Version

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

In Context

7One of the prisoners was a man called Barabbas who belonged to a group of rebels who had committed murder during an uprising.

9“Do you want me to release to you the King of Jews?” he asked them,

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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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