Mark 15:14

14 He asked, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they only shouted louder, "Put him to death on the stake!"

Mark 15:14 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:14

Then Pilate said unto them
The third time, ( Luke 23:22 ) ;

why, what evil hath he done?
worthy of death. They had charged him with many things, but proved nothing against him. Pilate could find no fault in him, and judged him an innocent person, and therefore was loth to condemn him:

and they cried out the more exceedingly;
with louder voices, and greater vehemency, the more they found he was inclined to save him:

crucify him;
nothing short of death would satisfy them, and no other death but that of the cross; (See Gill on Matthew 27:22), (See Gill on Matthew 27:23).

Mark 15:14 In-Context

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

13 They shouted back, "Put him to death on the stake!"

14 He asked, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they only shouted louder, "Put him to death on the stake!"

15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, set Bar-Abba free for them; but he had Yeshua whipped and then handed him over to be executed on the stake.

16 The soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the headquarters build ing) and called together the whole battalion.