Mark 15:11-15

Listen to Mark 15:11-15

11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ¹the man you call the King of the Jews? ”

13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him. ”

14 And Pilate said to them, “Why, ²what evil has he done? ” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him. ”

15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ³scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Cross References 3

[a] 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal