Mark 15:6

Now [at] every Chag he was releasing to them one prisoner for whom they were making bakosha (request).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

In Context

5But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach no longer answered anything, so Pilate was astounded. + 15:5 Isa 53:7

7Now there was the one being called Bar-Abba, who had been imprisoned with his fellow insurrectionists and who, at the time of the Mered (Revolt, Uprising), had committed retzach (murder).

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they were saying, Not during the Chag (Feast), lest a riot break out among the am haaretz. + 26:5 T.N. A careful reading of this book shows that the Moshiach pointed to the One in Ps 110:1; Dan 7:13 , Isaiah 53 and Ps 118:22 and declared that the same person is being referred to in all these Scriptures: Moshiach Adoneinu.

Luke 23:16Therefore, having disciplined him, I will release him. [

John 18:39But there is a minhag (custom) for you, that I may release one to you during the Pesach. Do you want, therefore, that I release to you the Melech HaYehudim?

Acts 24:27When two years passed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus, and, wanting to grant a favor to the Judeans, Felix left Rav Sha'ul in custody.

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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