Mark 15:10

10 For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

Mark 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:10

For he knew that the chief priests
The Persic version reads in the singular, "the chief of the priests", or the high priest, Caiaphas,

had delivered him for envy;
at his popularity through his doctrine and miracles, and not from any principle of equity and justice, or from any regard to Caesar; (See Gill on Matthew 27:18).

Mark 15:10 In-Context

8 And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.

9 And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

10 For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

11 But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?