Mark 15:11
But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
In Context
10For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.
12So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call ‘King of the Jews’?"
Cross References
John 18:40Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
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 →