Mark 15:12

12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Yehudim?"

Mark 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:12

And Pilate answered and said again unto them
Being astonished that they should ask the release of such an infamous person; and being very desirous of saving Jesus:

what will ye then that I shall do unto him, whom ye call the king of
the Jews?
at least many of you; would you have me put him to death? surely this can never be desired; or would you have me inflict some slight punishment on him, as scourging him, and so dismiss him? (See Gill on Matthew 27:22).

Mark 15:12 In-Context

10 For he perceived that for envy the chief Kohanim had delivered him up.

11 But the chief Kohanim stirred up the multitude, that he should release Bar-Abba to them instead.

12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Yehudim?"

13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"