Mark 15:1-10 ▼

1 And forthwith in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, having held a consultation, and having bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering, said: You say it.

3 And the chief priests accused him of many things.

4 Pilate again asked him, saying: Do you make no answer? See, how many things they testify against you.

5 But Jesus gave no further answer; so that Pilate was astonished.

6 Now it was his custom to release to them, at the feast, one prisoner, whomever they desired.

7 And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with his fellow-insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 And the multitude cried out, and began to ask him to do as he had always done for them.

9 But Pilate answered them, saying: Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?

10 For he knew that, through envy, the chief priests had delivered him up.