Mark 15:6 Cross References

Mark 15:6

6: Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner each year at Passover time--anyone the people requested.

But you have a custom of asking me to release someone from prison each year at Passover. So if you want me to, I'll release the King of the Jews."
But they shouted back, "No! Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Barabbas was a criminal.)

Two years went by in this way; then Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And because Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul in prison.

Then Festus, wanting to please the Jews, asked him, "Are you willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?"

Then Pilate gave Jesus to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

"As you know, the Passover celebration begins in two days, and I, the Son of Man, will be betrayed and crucified."

So I will have him flogged, but then I will release him."
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Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!"
(Barabbas was in prison for murder and for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government.)
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.

Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner to the crowd each year during the Passover celebration--anyone they wanted.
This year there was a notorious criminal in prison, a man named Barabbas.
As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you--Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"
(He knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: "Leave that innocent man alone, because I had a terrible nightmare about him last night."

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