Mark 15:1
As soon as it was daylight, the chief priests, after holding a consultation with elders and teachers of the Law – that is to say, the whole High Council – put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.
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2‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ asked Pilate. ‘It is true,’ replied Jesus.
Cross References
Psalms 2:2with kings of the earth conspiring, and rulers consulting together, against the Lord and against his anointed,
Matthew 20:18‘Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death,
Mark 10:33‘Listen!’ he said. ‘We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death, and they will give him up to the Gentiles,
Luke 22:66At daybreak the assembly of the elders of the people met – both the chief priests and the teachers of the Law – and took Jesus before their High Council.
John 18:28From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government house. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government house themselves, otherwise they might become defiled, and so be unable to eat the Passover.
Acts 4:5The next day, a meeting of the leaders of the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law was held 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 →