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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.

Context of Mark 15:8

6Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. 9“Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, 10knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

Mark 15:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the multitudeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• crying aloudἀναβοάωanaboaō · to cry outG310
• beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to desireαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• he hadποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• everἀείaei · alwaysG104
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

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