Mark 15:8

New Living Translation

The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.

Cross References

Exodus 12:6

“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.

Matthew 27:15

Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.

Mark 10:1

Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching them.

Mark 15:7

One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.

Mark 15:9

“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked.