Mark 15:1

Jesus Taken to Pilate

1 And as soon as morning [came], [after] formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led [him] away, and handed [him] over to Pilate.

Mark 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:1

And straightway in the morning
As soon as it was break of day, or daylight appeared:

the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes;
who were the principal men in the sanhedrim:

and the whole council;
which, on this extraordinary occasion, was convened; the result of which was, to bind Jesus, and deliver him up to the Roman governor, to be put to death by him, as a seditious person, and an enemy to Caesar, and accordingly they did so:

and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
The Syriac and Persic versions add, "the governor"; (See Gill on Matthew 27:1), (See Gill on Matthew 27:2).

Mark 15:1 In-Context

1 And as soon as morning [came], [after] formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led [him] away, and handed [him] over to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

3 And the chief priests began to accuse him [of] many [things].

4 So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

5 But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("formulating") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation