Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 15:9 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”
Mark 15:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And there was {one} named Barabbas, {which lay} bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire {him to do} as he had ever done unto them.
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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