Mark 15:10

10 sciebat enim quod per invidiam tradidissent eum summi sacerdotes

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 et cum ascendisset turba coepit rogare sicut semper faciebat illis

9 Pilatus autem respondit eis et dixit vultis dimittam vobis regem Iudaeorum

10 sciebat enim quod per invidiam tradidissent eum summi sacerdotes

11 pontifices autem concitaverunt turbam ut magis Barabban dimitteret eis

12 Pilatus autem iterum respondens ait illis quid ergo vultis faciam regi Iudaeorum