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Text -- Mark 15:6-15 (NET)
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Jesus and Barabbas
15:6 During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people , whomever they requested .
15:7 A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection .
15:8 Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them , as was his custom.
15:9 So Pilate asked them , “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you ?”
15:10 (For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy .)
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead .
15:12 So Pilate spoke to them again , “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews ?”
15:13 They shouted back , “Crucify him !”
15:14 Pilate asked them , “Why? What has he done wrong ?” But they shouted more insistently , “Crucify him !”
15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd , Pilate released Barabbas for them . Then , after he had Jesus flogged , he handed him over to be crucified .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Barabbas |
Jesus, The Christ |
Persecution |
Prisoners |
Pilate, Pontius |
PILATE; PONTIUS |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Complicity |
Scourging |
Envy |
Insurrection |
WILL, VOLITION |
Passover |
Punishment |
Verdict |
Rulers |
Opinion, Public |
Priest |
Politics |
Criminals |
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NET Notes: Mar 15:6 The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner to them is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:9 Grk “Pilate answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:12 Instead of “what do you want me to do” several witnesses, including the most important ones (א B C W Δ Ψ Ë1,13 33 892...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:13 Crucifixion was the cruelest form of punishment practiced by the Romans. Roman citizens could not normally undergo it. It was reserved for the worst c...
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