“ Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. ”
Now at [that] feast he (b) released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. (b) Pilate used to deliver.
Jesus before Pilate. A second meeting of the Sanhedrin held in the daylight regularizes the condemnation arrived at overnight. They now take Jesus to Pilate (governor of Judæ a, A.D. 26- 36, see p....
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Now at that feast— Κατα εορτην, after the manner, or according to the nature of that feast. See Romans 3:5 . Galatians 3:15 . 1 Corinthians 3:3 . Now the least of the passover being celebrate...
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. For...
The Trial Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1-15. Trial before Pilate ( Matthew 27:1 ; Matthew 27:11 ; Luke 23:1 ; Luke 23:13 ; John 18:28 ). See on Mt and Jn. For the trial before Herod see on...
XV. (1-14) And the whole council. — The words in the Greek are in apposition with “the chief priests.” We do not know of any other elements in the Council or Sanhedrin than the priests, scribes,...
Chapter 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 ( Mark 15:1-20 ) PILATE "And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and...
the Choice of the Multitude Mark 15:1-21 The hurried consultation of the evening was followed by the more formal meeting of the early morning; and even the decision made then had no binding for...
This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...
(6) Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. (7) And there was one named. Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had co...
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 w...
And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Je...
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner The passover being celebrated by the Jews in memory of their deliverance from Egypt, it was agreeable to the nature of the feast to make this re...
Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes an...
See Poole on " Mark 15:2 "
Roman Justice (15:1-20). Mark's concern in this narrative is to bring out that there was not really any serious political charge against Jesus, and that that was recognised by the Roman governor,...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 15:1 . And the whole council .— Even the whole Sanhedrin , which consisted of the three classes just named—chief priests, elders, and scribes (1Ma. 14:28). M...
Let us read again what we have often read before, that saddest of all stories which, nevertheless, is the fountain of the highest gladness,-the story of our Saviour's death, as recorded by Mark. Ma...
Mark 15:1 . Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must...
He released unto them one prisoner whomsoever they desired. Barabbas or Christ It affords the most vivid illustration in the New Testament of just two great moral lessons: Pilate’s behaviour sh...
EXPOSITION Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and d...
Acts 24:27 ; Acts 25:9 ; John 18:39 ; John 18:40 ; Luke 23:16 ; Luke 23:17 ; Matthew 26:2 ; Matthew 26:5 ; Matthew 27:15