Mark 15:6

Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5but Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate was amazed.

7and there was one Barabbas under confinement with some of his accomplices in sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast-day, least there should be a tumult among the people.

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

John 18:39and saith unto them, I find no fault at all in Him. But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover; will ye therefore that I release to you the king of the Jews?

Acts 24:27But after two years Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; and being willing to gain favor with the Jews lest Paul confined.

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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