Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
In Context
10For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
Cross References
Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
John 18:40“Not this man,” they all shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
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 →