Mark 15:14

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Summary

Mark 15:14

Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

Why

And

General references

Luke 23:13

Acts 13:28

Bible References

Why

and said, "I did wrong in turning an innocent man over to death." But they said, "What is that to us? You must see to that yourself."

Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

Pilate asked Him, "What is truth?" On saying this he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "As far as I can see, I can find no ground for a charge against Him.

When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

For we needed such a High Priest, holy, innocent, unstained, far removed from sinful men, and elevated far above the very heavens,

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without a blemish or a blot,

And

He asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they kept on shouting louder and louder, "Have Him crucified!"

But they continued to press him with loud voices in their ceaseless demands that He be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!"

As they continued to listen to this address, they were becoming infuriated and began to grind their teeth at him.

But as soon as they saw that he was a Jew, a shout went up from them all as the shout of one man, lasting for two hours: "Great Artemis of Ephesus!"

They listened to him until he said this, and then all at once they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is certainly not fit to live!"

General references

Then Pilate called a meeting of the high priests, the leaders of the council, and the people,

and although they could not find Him guilty of a capital offense, they begged Pilate to have Him put to death.