Mark 15:9

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

Mark 15:9 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:9

But Pilate answered them; saying
Being satisfied of the innocence of Jesus, and being willing to dismiss him:

will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews?
he who is called so; and which he either said by way of derision both of Christ, and them; or else in order to prevail upon them to ask his release, it being scandalous and reproachful to put their king to death.

Mark 15:9 In-Context

7 There was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was with some rebels who had committed murder during a riot.

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.