Mark 15 1Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. 3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” 5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 6 Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7 A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. 9 “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, 10 knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12 “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them. 13 “Crucify him!” they shouted. 14 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” 15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus logged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Here we see that the chief priests and others brought Jesus to Pilate for trial. Pilate was the governor. The chief priests accused Jesus many things, but Jesus kept silent, and Pilate was surprised. This fulfilled the prophecy of the prophet Isaiah, He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7) Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over out of jealousy, it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. The chief priest stirred up the crowd to release Barabbas, who had committed murder in the uprising, rather than Jesus who had committed no crime, in their eyes, Jesus is not as good as a criminal.. Pilate could not find what crime Jesus committed, and the parallel passage of gospel Matthew tells us that While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.” (Matthew 27:19) At beginning, Pilate wanted to release Jesus, but because the crowd shouted loud for Jesus to be crucified, Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas and handed Jesus over for crucifixion.
Recently I used android Bible to listen to Gospel John from the beginning. This morning I heard the parallel passage of Gospel John, talking about the same thing as the above passage, thank the Lord.
