Mark 15:11

Weymouth NT

But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;

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The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

and when Pilate again asked them, »What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?«

With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, »Not this man, but Barabbas!« Now Barabbas was a robber.

Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.