Markus 15:11

11 Aber die Hohenpriester reizten das Volk, das er ihnen viel lieber den Barabbas losgäbe.

Markus 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests moved the people
Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to prevail upon them:

that he should rather release Barabbas unto them;
than Jesus of Nazareth; choosing rather to have a murderer granted unto them, than the holy and just one. The Persic version, as before, reads, "the chief of the priests"; but they were all concerned, and were the most active men in bringing about the death of Christ; though Caiaphas was behind none of them in envy, rage, and malice; (See Gill on Matthew 27:20).

Markus 15:11 In-Context

9 Pilatus aber antwortete ihnen: Wollt ihr, daß ich euch den König der Juden losgebe?

10 Denn er wußte, daß ihn die Hohenpriester aus Neid überantwortet hatten.

11 Aber die Hohenpriester reizten das Volk, das er ihnen viel lieber den Barabbas losgäbe.

12 Pilatus aber antwortete wiederum und sprach zu ihnen: Was wollt ihr denn, daß ich tue dem, den ihr beschuldigt, er sei der König der Juden?

13 Sie schrieen abermals: Kreuzige ihn!