Mark 15:12

12 And Pylate answered agayne and sayd vnto the: What will ye then that I do wt him whom ye call ye kynge of ye Iewes?

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 knewe that the hye Prestes had delyvered him of envy.

11 But the hye prestes had moved the people that he shuld rather delyvre Barrabas vnto them.

12 And Pylate answered agayne and sayd vnto the: What will ye then that I do wt him whom ye call ye kynge of ye Iewes?

13 And they cryed agayne: crucifie him.

14 Pylate sayde vnto them: What evell hath he done? And they cryed ye moore fervently: crucifie him.