Mark 15:10

10 Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

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 The crowd asked Pilate to do for them what he always did.

9 Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to free the king of the Jews for you?"

10 Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

11 The chief priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would free Barabbas for them instead.

12 So Pilate again asked them, "Then what should I do with the king of the Jews?"