Mark 15:10

10 For it was evident to him that it was out of jealousy that the head cohanim had handed him over.

Mark 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:10

For he knew that the chief priests
The Persic version reads in the singular, "the chief of the priests", or the high priest, Caiaphas,

had delivered him for envy;
at his popularity through his doctrine and miracles, and not from any principle of equity and justice, or from any regard to Caesar; (See Gill on Matthew 27:18).

Mark 15:10 In-Context

8 ing Pilate to do for them what he usually did, h

9 e asked them, "Do you want me to set free for you the `King of the Jews'?"

10 For it was evident to him that it was out of jealousy that the head cohanim had handed him over.

11 But the head cohanim stirred up the crowd to have him release Bar-Abba for them instead.

12 Pilate again said to them, "Then what should I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?"