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Jesus before Pilate. A second meeting of the Sanhedrin held in the daylight regularizes the condemnation arrived at overnight. They now take Jesus...
Crucify Him . Stoning was the proper Jewish death for blasphemy. Compare John 18:31 ; John 18:32 . Crucifixion was the Roman punishment for treas...
And they cried out again, Crucify him.
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carr...
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...
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 t...
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...
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;...
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 att...
(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 th...
And they cried out again, crucify him. For they had cried so once before, though Matthew and Mark relate it not, yet Luke does, Luke 23:21 .
But the chief priests Being very solicitous to carry the plan they had formed for his destruction into execution; moved the people To desire the...
Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests...
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, an...
‘And they again cried out, “Crucify him”. This cry could only first have arisen from the enemies of Jesus. To them it was the perfect solution. Pila...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 15:1 . And the whole council .— Even the whole Sanhedrin , which consisted of the three classes just named—ch...
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...
Mark 15:1 . Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. Συνεδριν, the whol...
EXPOSITION Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consulta...
Pilate's attempt to release Jesus:
And they cried out again, Crucify Him!
13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.