Mark 15:5-15

5 But Jesus ¹made no * further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

6 ²Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

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

10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ³to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

13 They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"

14 But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!"

15 Wishing to satisfy * the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ⁴scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:12
• 2. Mark 15:6-15: {Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39-19:16}
• 3. Acts 3:14
• 4. Matthew 27:26

Footnotes

• [a] Or "again"