Mark 15:6

And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But Jesus gave no answer; so that Pilate wondered.

7And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

John 18:39And ye have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; will ye, therefore, that I release to you this king of the Jews?

Acts 24:27And when two years were fulfilled to him, another governor, whose name was Porcius Festus, came into his place. And Felix, that he might do the Jews a favor, left Paul a prisoner.

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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