Mark 15:1-15 ▼

1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

2 Pilate questioned Him, |Are You the King of the Jews?| And He answered him, |[It is as] you say.|

3 The chief priests [began] to accuse Him harshly.

4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, |Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!|

5 But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

6 Now at [the] feast he used to release for them [any] one prisoner whom they requested.

7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 The crowd went up and began asking him [to] [do] as he had been accustomed to do for them.

9 Pilate answered them, saying, |Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?|

10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd [to ask] him to release Barabbas for them instead.

12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, |Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?|

13 They shouted back, |Crucify Him!|

14 But Pilate said to them, |Why, what evil has He done?| But they shouted all the more, |Crucify Him!|

15 Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.