Mark 15:11
But the bishops stirred [or excited] the people, that he should rather leave to them Barabbas. (But the high priests stirred up, or excited, the people, so that rather he would let go, or release, Barabbas to them.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
In Context
10For he knew, that the high priests had taken him by envy.
Cross References
Hosea 5:1Priests, hear ye this, and the house of Israel, perceive ye, and the house of the king, harken ye; for why doom is to you, for ye be made a snare to looking afar, and as a net spread abroad on Tabor, (or because now judgement is for you, for ye be made a snare at Mizpah, and like a net spread abroad upon Tabor).
John 18:40All they cried again (or And they all cried again), and said, Not this (man), but Barabbas. And Barabbas was a thief.
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 →