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Mark 15:15 KJV
Mark · chapter 15 · verse 15
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.Mark 15:15 · King James Version
Mark 15:15 in context
13And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliveredparadidōmito give into the hands , to give over into power or use, to deliver to one something to…G3860 →
- releasedapolyōto set free, to let go, dismiss, , a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a…G630 →
- BarabbasbarabbasBarabbas = " son of a father or master" , the captive robber whom the Jews begged…G912 →
- scourgedphragelloōto scourgeG5417 →
- willingboulomaito will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded, of willing as an affection, to desireG1014 →
- contenthikanossufficient, many enough, enough, sufficient in abilityG2425 →
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Here, I. Pilate, to gratify the Jews' malice, delivers Christ to be crucified, Mar 15:15. Willing to content the people, to do enough for them (so the word is), and make them easy, that he might keep them quiet, he released Barabbas unto them, who was the scandal and plague of their nation, and delivered Jesus to be…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21