Mark 15:10
For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
In Context
9he asked them, "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews?"
11But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.
Cross References
Matthew 27:18He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.
Titus 3:3For we were ourselves once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, passing our lives in malice and envy. We were hateful, and we hated one another.
James 4:5Or do you suppose that it is in vain that the Scripture says, "The spirit which has its home in us yearns over us unto jealousy?"
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 →