Mark 15:11 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

BSB

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ASV

But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

KJV

But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Pseudo-Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Here are two goats; one is the scape goat, that is, one loosed and sent out into the wilderness of hell with the sin of the people; the other is slain, as a lamb, for the sins of those who are forgiven. The Lord's portion is always slain; the devil's part, (for he is the master of those men, which is the meaning of Barabbas,) when freed, is cast headlong into hell.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But the chief priests moved the people,.... Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to prevail upon them: that he should rather release Barabbas unto them; than Jesus of Nazareth; choosing rather to have a murderer granted unto them, than the holy and just one.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses begin the chapter in which Mark describes the slaying of "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." It is a part of the Gospel history which should always be read with peculiar reverence. We should call to mind, that Christ was cut off, not for Himself, but for us. (Dan. 9:26.) We should remember that His death is the life of our souls, and that unless His blood had been shed, we must have perished miserably in our sins.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	the chief priests	G749 →
ἀνέσεισαν	aneseisan	stirred up	G383 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ὄχλον	ochlon	crowd	G3793 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	instead	G3123 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Βαραββᾶν	Barabban	Barabbas	G912 →
ἀπολύσῃ	apolusē	he may release	G630 →
αὐτοῖς.¶	autois	to them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 3:14
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
leads to
- Mark 1:24
  “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Acts 7:52
  Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Acts 4:27
  In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- James 5:6
  You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
Through
Hosea 5:1
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on…
leads to
- Hosea 9:8
  The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
Through
Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
leads to
- John 19:15–16
  At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
- Acts 3:14–15
  You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark