Mark 15:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The crowd now came and asked Pilate to set a prisoner free, just as he usually did.

Cross References

Exodus 12:6

Each family must take care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, when the animals are to be killed.

Matthew 27:15

During Passover the governor always freed a prisoner chosen by the people.

Mark 10:1

After Jesus left, he went to Judea and then on to the other side of the River Jordan. Once again large crowds came to him, and as usual, he taught them.

Mark 15:7

And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.

Mark 15:9

Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?”