Mark 15:8

The Passion Translation

The crowds gathered in front of Pilate’s judgment bench and asked him to release a prisoner to them, as was his custom.

Cross References

Matthew 27:15

Now, every year at Passover it was the custom of the governor to pardon a prisoner and release him to the people—anyone they wanted.

Mark 10:1

Then Jesus left the region and went into the district of Judea, across from the Jordan River, and again, massive crowds flocked to him, and Jesus, as was his custom, began to teach the people.

Mark 15:7

Now, Pilate was holding in custody a notorious criminal named Barabbas, one of the assassins who had committed murder in an uprising.

Mark 15:9

So he asked them, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”