Mark 15:10

10 (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of 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 crowd came up [and] began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them.

9 So Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

10 (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

11 But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.

12 So Pilate answered [and] said to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with [the one] whom you call the king of the Jews?"