Markus 15:11

11 Maar de overpriesters bewogen de schare, dat hij hun liever Bar-abbas zou loslaten.

Markus 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests moved the people
Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to prevail upon them:

that he should rather release Barabbas unto them;
than Jesus of Nazareth; choosing rather to have a murderer granted unto them, than the holy and just one. The Persic version, as before, reads, "the chief of the priests"; but they were all concerned, and were the most active men in bringing about the death of Christ; though Caiaphas was behind none of them in envy, rage, and malice; (See Gill on Matthew 27:20).

Markus 15:11 In-Context

9 En Pilatus antwoordde hun, zeggende: Wilt gij, dat ik u den Koning der Joden loslate?

10 (Want hij wist, dat de overpriesters Hem door nijd overgeleverd hadden.)

11 Maar de overpriesters bewogen de schare, dat hij hun liever Bar-abbas zou loslaten.

12 En Pilatus, antwoordende, zeide wederom tot hen: Wat wilt gij dan, dat ik met Hem doen zal, Dien gij een Koning der Joden noemt?

13 En zij riepen wederom: Kruis Hem.