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

9“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked. 10For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead. 12So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?” 13And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”

Mark 15:11 word by word

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

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• stirred upἀνασείωanaseiō · to inciteG383
• crowdὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• have him releaseἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbas · BarabbasG912
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• insteadμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123

Cross-references for Mark 15:11

• Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• John 18:40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
• Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to 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