Mark 15:10

10 For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

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 So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them the usual favour.

9 "Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate.

10 For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

11 But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;

12 and when Pilate again asked them, "What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?"