Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 15:6
Now at [that] feast he (b) released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
(b) Pilate used to deliver.
Now at [that] feast he (b) released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
(b) Pilate used to deliver.
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...
_Now at that feast_ Rather, AT FESTIVAL TIME. There is no article in the Greek (or in Luke 23:17; Matthew 27:15), and the apparent limitation of the custom to the Feast of the Passover is not required...
ὋΝ ΠΑΡΗΙΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΟ ([3377][3378][3379][3380][3381][3382]) rather than ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο ([3383]c[3384]3[3385][3386][3387][3388][3389]). Ὅσπερ occurs nowhere in N.T. [3377] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discov...
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...
ΆΠΈΛΥΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΛΎΩ (G630) отпускать. Обыденный _impf._, "было обычаем отпускать" "у него была привычка отпускать" (Gould), ΠΑΡΗΤΟΫ́ΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.)_ или _indir. med. от_...
NOW AT THAT FEAST— Κατα εορτην, _after the manner,_ or according to the nature _of that feast._ See Romans 3:5.Galatians 3:15. 1 Corinthians 3:3. Now the least of the passover being celebrated bythe J...
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...
53-59 Compare Mat_26:57-61; Luk_22:54-55; Luk_22:66; Joh_18:12-16. 57 The priests were the teachers of the people. We might reasonably expect the chief priest to have a measure of spiritual intellige...
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...
HE RELEASED... WHOMSOEVER THEY DESIRED. — Both verbs are in the tense which implies custom....
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...
_Jesus or Barabbas?_ (Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:16-25)....
ἀπέλυεν, imperfect = Mt.'s εἰώθει ἀπολύειν, pointing to a practice of the governor at passover season; on which _vide_ on Mt. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, “whomsoever they desired,” A. V [150] The R. V [151] adopts...
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...
This practice of releasing to the people any prisoner they might think proper, was instituted in order to captivate the will of the people; which was most commonly done on the festival day, when the J...
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...
NOW AT THAT FEAST,.... The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see John 18:39. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast"; as if the following custom was us...
And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Jesus...
_Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner_ The passover being celebrated by the Jews in memory of their deliverance from Egypt, it was agreeable to the nature of the feast to make this rel...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-31; LUKE 23:1-25; JOHN 18:28-40; John 19:1-16....
Pilate's attempt to release Jesus:...
NOW AT THAT FEAST HE RELEASED UNTO THEM ONE PRISONER, WHOMSOEVER THEY DESIRED....
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 15:2...
Mark 15:6 Now G1161 at G2596 feast G1859 releasing G630 (G5707) one G1520 prisoner G1198 them G846 whomever...
‘Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they asked of him. And there was one called Barabbas lying bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had ki...
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...
Mark 15:6. HE RELEASED. The original implies habitual action....
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....
USED TO RELEASE (απελυεν). Imperfect tense of customary action where Matthew 27:15 has the verb ειωθε (was accustomed to).THEY ASKED OF HIM (παρηιτουντο). Imperfect middle, expressing their habit...
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...
_He released unto them one prisoner whomsoever they desired._ BARABBAS OR CHRIST It affords the most vivid illustration in the New Testament of just two great moral lessons: Pilate’s behaviour shows...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:6 RELEASE... ONE PRISONER.... BARABBAS. See note on Matt. 27:15–18. ⇐...
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 24:27; Acts 25:9; John 18:39; John 18:40; Luke 23:16;...
Now AT THAT FEAST, that is, at the feast of the passover, which by way of eminency is called THE FEAST, the governor used to release. prisoner; possibly by way of memorial of their deliverance out of...