Mark 15:11

Mark 15:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

Context of Mark 15:11

9And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. 12And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 13And they cried out again, Crucify him.

Mark 15:11 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς ἀνέσεισαν τὸν ὄχλον ἵνα μᾶλλον τὸν Βαραββᾶν ἀπολύσῃ αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear

• chiefἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• ratherμᾶλλονmallon · moreG3123
• releaseἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbas · BarabbasG912

Cross-references for Mark 15:11

• Hosea 5:1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
• Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• John 18:40They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
• Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

Commentaries on Mark 15:11

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-14Pilate wanted to release Jesus. However, the crowd became very angry and excited. They would not listen to reason or allow further discussion.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:11

• Barabbas
• Complicity
• Jesus, the Christ
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Barabbas
• Compel
• Consultation
• Content
• Release
• Superscription
• Witness
• Jesus Christ
• Pilate; Pontius
• Son of Man, the

Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings