Daily Discovery Bible Study

6 Now it was Pilate's custom at the Passover feast to release a prisoner to the people, whoever they requested.7 One of the prisoners was a man called Barabbas who belonged to a group of rebels who had committed murder during an uprising.8 The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner following his usual custom.

9 “Do you want me to release to you the King of Jews?” he asked them,10 for he realized that it was because of their jealousy of Jesus that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

12 “Then what should I do with the one you call the King of the Jews?” he asked them.

13 “Crucify him!” they shouted back.

14 “Why? What crime has he committed?” Pilate asked them.

“Crucify him!” they shouted back even louder.

15 Wanting to please the mob, Pilate released Barabbas to them. First he had Jesus flogged and then handed him over to be crucified.

Mark 15: 6-15