Mark 15:6

6 per diem autem festum dimittere solebat illis unum ex vinctis quemcumque petissent

Mark 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:6

Now at that feast
The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see ( John 18:39 ) . The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast"; as if the following custom was used at every feast in the year, at the feasts of pentecost and tabernacles, as well as at the passover; whereas it was only at the latter:

he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired;
of this custom (See Gill on Matthew 27:15).

Mark 15:6 In-Context

4 Pilatus autem rursum interrogavit eum dicens non respondes quicquam vide in quantis te accusant

5 Iesus autem amplius nihil respondit ita ut miraretur Pilatus

6 per diem autem festum dimittere solebat illis unum ex vinctis quemcumque petissent

7 erat autem qui dicebatur Barabbas qui cum seditiosis erat vinctus qui in seditione fecerant homicidium

8 et cum ascendisset turba coepit rogare sicut semper faciebat illis