Mark 15:6-15

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

6 ¹Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

7 And among the rebels in prison, who had ²committed murder ³in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

9 And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews? ”

10 For he perceived that ⁴it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

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

12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ⁵the man you call the King of the Jews? ”

13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him. ”

14 And Pilate said to them, “Why, ⁶what evil has he done? ” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him. ”

15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ⁷scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Cross References

• 1. 15:6 For ver. 6-15, see Matt. 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39, 40; 19:16
• 2. 15:7 Acts 3:14
• 3. 15:7 [Acts 5:36, 37]
• 4. 15:10 [John 12:19]
• 5. 15:12 [John 19:15]
• 6. 15:14 [Luke 23:41; John 8:46]
• 7. 15:15 ch. 10:34; Isa. 50:6; 53:5; [Luke 23:16; John 19:1]

Footnotes

• [a] 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal