But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 15:11 in context
Mark 15:8–14
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The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
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Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
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For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
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Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
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Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?”
But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
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