Mark 15:9

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

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 And the one named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion.

8 And the crowd came up [and] began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them.

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

10 (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

11 But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.