Mark 15:6

6 At every Passover festival, Pilate would free one prisoner whom the people asked for.

Mark 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:6

Now at that feast
The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see ( John 18:39 ) . The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast"; as if the following custom was used at every feast in the year, at the feasts of pentecost and tabernacles, as well as at the passover; whereas it was only at the latter:

he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired;
of this custom (See Gill on Matthew 27:15).

Mark 15:6 In-Context

4 So Pilate asked him again, "Don't you have any answer? Look how many accusations they're bringing against you!"

5 But Jesus no longer answered anything, so Pilate was surprised.

6 At every Passover festival, Pilate would free one prisoner whom the people asked for.

7 There was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was with some rebels who had committed murder during a riot.

8 The crowd asked Pilate to do for them what he always did.