Mark 15:6-15 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

          6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
          7And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
          8So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.

⁹“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.

¹⁰For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.

¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

¹²So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”

¹³And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”

¹⁴“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

¹⁵And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

— Mark 15:6-15

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