⚡WEB · Mark 15:6
What does Mark 15:6 mean?
"Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him."
— Mark 15:6 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The chief priests accused him of many things.
Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
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