Mark 15:10
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him up because of envy;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
In Context
9and Pilate answered them, saying, “Will you [that] I will release to you the King of the Jews?”
11and the chief priests moved the multitude that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?
Matthew 27:18For he had known that they had delivered Him up because of envy.
Titus 3:3for we, also, were once thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, odious—hating one another;
James 4:5Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
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 →