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Mark 15:11
But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
JESUS BEFORE PILATE. A second meeting of the Sanhedrin held in the daylight regularizes the condemnation arrived at overnight. They now take Jesus to Pilate (governor of Judæ a, A.D. 26- 36, see p. 65...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
At the time of the Feast, it was the custom for the governor to release to the people a prisoner, whom they were accustomed to choose. There was a man called Barabbas, confined with the revolutionarie...
MOVED. vehemently stirred up (as by an earth quake). Greek. _anaseio,_ connected with _seismos_, an earth quake. PEOPLE. crowd. as in Mark 15:8....
_But the chief priests_ It was probably at this juncture that he received the message from his wife imploring him to have nothing to do with "_that just person_" (Matthew 27:19) standing before him. H...
ΟἹ ΔῈ�. It was the hierarchy, and neither Pilate nor the people, who first suggested Barabbas. We are not told what means they used to change the attitude of the people towards Jesus. But the citizens...
1–15. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE PROCURATOR Matthew 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-3; Luke 23:18-25 John 18:28-40;...
Ver 6. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 7. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had commit...
_JESUS WAS TRIED AND CONDEMNED -- MARK 15:1-20:_ The Jews charged Jesus with blasphemy because He called Himself the Son of God. Jesus was tried before Pilate, a weak leader that would do anything to...
ΆΝΈΣΕΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΣΕΊΩ (G383) подогревать, возбуждать, ΆΠΟΛΎΣΗ _aor. conj. act., см._ Mark 15:6. _Conj._ в _прид._ цели....
5. JESUS BEFORE PILATE 15:1-20 _TEXT 15:1-20_ And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried hi...
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. For the e...
7 Bar-Abbas, which means son of the father, _ had _ committed the political crime against the Roman government which they tried to fasten on our Lord. He was a murderer. The Lord was a life giver. Yet...
THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13;...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 15 JESUS AND PILATE VERSES 1-15 The *Jews did not have power over their own countr...
XV. (1-14) AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL. — The words in the Greek are in apposition with “the chief priests.” We do not know of any other elements in the Council or Sanhedrin than the priests, scribes, and e...
CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 (Mark 15:1) PILATE "And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried...
ἀνέσεισαν, the aorist implies that the priests stirred up the people _with success_, to the effect that their request to Pilate was in favour of Barabbas. One may wonder how they so easily gained thei...
_Jesus or Barabbas?_ (Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:16-25)....
THE CHOICE OF THE MULTITUDE Mark 15:1-21 The hurried consultation of the evening was followed by the more formal meeting of the early morning; and even the decision made then had no binding force ti...
This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...
PILATE SEEKS TO RELEASE HIM IN LIEU OF BARABBAS Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40; Luke 23:13-25. “ An
(6) Now at _that_ feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. (7) And there was one named. Barabbas, _which lay_ bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had com...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
Before Pilate (chapter 15), He only witnesses a good confession, a testimony to the truth where the glory of God required it, and where this testimony stood opposed to the power of the adversary. To a...
BUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS MOVED THE PEOPLE,.... Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to p...
_But the chief priests_ Being very solicitous to carry the plan they had formed for his destruction into execution; _moved the people_ To desire the release of Barabbas, though he was a scandalous and...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-31; LUKE 23:1-25; JOHN 18:28-40; John 19:1-16....
When men who have the Bible and profess to be religious, prefer a robber and a murderer to the Prince of life, the Saviour of men, and wish the one to be set at liberty and the other crucified, they s...
TITLE : Pilate's Mistakes TEXT : Mark 15:1-15 PROPOSITION : The local congregation must learn from the mistakes of Pilate. QUESTION : Which? KEY WORD : Mistakes READING : Mark 15:9-15 INTRODUCTION :...
1-14 They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the King, they, in effect, delivered up the kingdom o...
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Mark 15:11 But G1161 priests G749 up G383 (G5656) crowd G3793 that G2443 rather G3123 release G630 ...
‘But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he should rather release Barabbas to them.' The crowd that had arrived seeking the release of Barabbas now gained the support of the Chief Priests, who...
ROMAN JUSTICE (15:1-20). Mark's concern in this narrative is to bring out that there was not really any serious political charge against Jesus, and that that was recognised by the Roman governor, with...
THIS account is closely related to that of Matthew, but the remorse and suicide of Judas are omitted, and in the narrative of the trial before Pilate some independent details are introduced....
Mark 15:9-14. See on Matthew 27:17-23. Mark's account is much briefer than the other three. In Mark 15:9 it agrees more closely with John 18:39; referr
STIRRED UP (ανεσεισαν).SHOOK UP like an earthquake (σεισμος). Matthew 27:20 has a weaker word, "persuaded" (επεισαν). Effective aorist indicative. The priests and scribes had amazing success. If o...
Let us read again what we have often read before, that saddest of all stories which, nevertheless, is the fountain of the highest gladness,-the story of our Saviour's death, as recorded by Mark. Mark...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate. Barabbas set free instead of Christ. The crucifixion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Simon, Barabbas, Centurion, Joseph, 2 thieves, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of...
Mark 15:1. _Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council._ Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must ne...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:11 RELEASE... BARABBAS INSTEAD. Ironically, Pilate will free a man convicted of rebellion against Rome instead of a righteous man who has not spoken against Rome....
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
CHAPTER XV. 1 _Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate_. 15 _Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified_. 17 _He is crowned w...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 15:1. AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL.—_Even the whole Sanhedrin_, which consisted of the three classes just named—chief priests, elders, and scribes (1Ma. 14:28). Mark 15:...
EXPOSITION MARK 15:1 AND STRAIGHTWAY IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF PRIESTS WITH THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES, AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, HELD A CONSULTATION, AND BOUND JESUS, AND CARRIED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel chapter 15. Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane in the evening or late night, and immediately brought before Caiaphas the high priest and some of the rulers wher...
Acts 3:14; Hosea 5:1; John 18:40; Matthew 27:20...
Moved [α ν ε σ ε ι σ α ν]. A feeble translation. Seiw is to shake. Hence seismov, an earthquake. See on Matthew 13:8. Better as Rev., stirred up. Wyc., The bishops stirred the company of people....