Mark 15:8

Mark 15:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them.

Context of Mark 15:8

6But at [the] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they begged [of him]. 7Now there was the [person] named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with [him], [and] that had committed murder in the insurrection. And the crowd crying out began to beg [that he would do] to them as he had always done. 9But Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews? 10for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.

Mark 15:8 word by word

καὶ ἀναβὰς ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἐποίει αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear

• crowdὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757

Commentaries on Mark 15:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The multitude crying aloud - . The word itself strongly marks the vociferations, or, to come nearer the original word, the bellowing of the multitude. It signifies, properly, a loud and long cry, such as Christ emitted on the cross. See the whole history of these proceedings against our Lord treated at large, on Matthew 27 (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The custom described in 15:6–8 is not known outside of the Gospels, but all four Gospels mention it (Matthew 27:15–21; Luke 23:18–25; John 18:37–40). In many cases, ancient societies released prisoners during special holidays. Barabbas: See also Matthew 27:16–17; Luke 23:19. who had committed murder during the insurrection: Pilate's willingness to release Barabbas likely shows that Barabbas had not killed Roman citizens or soldiers (Matthew 15:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:8

• Barabbas
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Consultation
• Content
• Release
• Superscription
• Witness
• Cry, Crying
• 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