Mark 15:11

World English Bible (2000)

But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 3:14 : 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 "Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
  • Matt 27:20 : 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

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  • Matt 27:20-23
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    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

    21But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • Matt 27:15-18
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    15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

    16They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

    17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

    18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

  • Mark 15:6-10
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    6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

    7There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

    8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

    9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

    10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

  • Luke 23:16-21
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    16I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

    18But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--

    19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

    20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

  • Mark 15:12-16
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    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

    14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

    15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

    16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

  • John 18:39-40
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    39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

    40Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

  • Matt 27:26
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    26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

  • Mark 15:1
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    1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

  • Luke 23:23-25
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    23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

    24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

    25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

  • John 19:15
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    15They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

  • Luke 23:13
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    13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

  • John 19:12
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    12At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

  • John 12:10
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    10But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

  • Matt 26:3
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    3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

  • Luke 23:1
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    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

  • John 19:21
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    21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

  • Matt 27:1-2
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    1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

    2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • John 11:57
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    57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

  • Matt 26:5
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    5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

  • John 19:6
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    6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Luke 22:66
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    66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Mark 15:3
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    3The chief priests accused him of many things.

  • Luke 23:10
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    10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.