Now at the [Passover] Festival, the governor was accustomed to releasing whatever prisoner the crowd wanted.
Mark 15:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) The crowd [then] went to Pilate and asked him to do what he was accustomed to doing for them [i.e., release a prisoner of their choosing during the Passover Festival]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the throng came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them. American Standard Version (1901) And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them. Common English Bible The crowd pushed forward and asked Pilate to release someone, as he regularly did. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the crowd had ascended, they began to petition him to do as he always did for them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them. |
Now at the [Passover] Festival, the governor was accustomed to releasing whatever prisoner the crowd wanted.
And Jesus left there and went to the region of Judea and east of the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered around Him and He continued teaching them, as was His custom.
One prisoner, named Barabbas, was kept chained up in prison along with men who had committed murder during a rebellion.
Pilate answered them; “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews [i.e., Jesus]?”