mnt - Mark:15:1-15

mnt@Mark:15:1 @ As soon as it was down, after the high priests had conferred with the elders and the whole Sanhedrin, they bound Jesus, and took him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

mnt@Mark:15:2 @ Pilate questioned him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" In reply Jesus said, "It is as you say."

mnt@Mark:15:3 @ When the chief priests continued making many accusations against him, Pilate repeatedly questioned him.

mnt@Mark:15:4 @ "Do you make no answer?" he said,

mnt@Mark:15:5 @ "See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered.

mnt@Mark:15:6 @ Now at the time of the feast it was customary to release to them a prisoner, whatever one they asked for.

mnt@Mark:15:7 @ A man named Barabbas was there in prison, with some rioters who had committed murder during an uprising.

mnt@Mark:15:8 @ So when the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to follow his usual custom,

mnt@Mark:15:9 @ he asked them, "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews?"

mnt@Mark:15:10 @ For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.

mnt@Mark:15:11 @ But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.

mnt@Mark:15:12 @ So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call King of the Jews?"

mnt@Mark:15:13 @ Then they shouted again, "Crucify him!"

mnt@Mark:15:14 @ "Why, what wrong has he done?" Pilate kept saying. But they shouted furiously, "Crucify him!"

mnt@Mark:15:15 @ So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.