Mark 15:10

10 He knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

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 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.

9 "Do you want me to let the king of the Jews go free?" asked Pilate.

10 He knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd. So the crowd asked Pilate to let Barabbas go free instead.

12 "Then what should I do with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them.