Mark 15:10
For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
In Context
9"Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate.
11But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;
Cross References
Matthew 27:18For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.
Titus 3:3For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.
James 4:5Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
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 →