Mark 15:12

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?"

Mark 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:12

And Pilate answered and said again unto them
Being astonished that they should ask the release of such an infamous person; and being very desirous of saving Jesus:

what will ye then that I shall do unto him, whom ye call the king of
the Jews?
at least many of you; would you have me put him to death? surely this can never be desired; or would you have me inflict some slight punishment on him, as scourging him, and so dismiss him? (See Gill on Matthew 27:22).

Mark 15:12 In-Context

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?"

13 And they shouted again, "Crucify him!"

14 And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"