Mark 15:7
and there was one Barabbas under confinement with some of his accomplices in sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired:
8And the people clamoured and desired him to do as he always used to do for them.
Cross References
Matthew 27:16and they had then a notorious malefactor named Barabbas.
Luke 23:25And he released to them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they desired; and delivered up Jesus to their will.
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 →