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

"I did wrong in betraying a good man to his death," he said. "What has that to do with us?" they replied. "You must see to that yourself."

But Pilate, turning to the Chief Priests and the people, said: "I do not see anything to find fault with in this man."

"What is Truth?" exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the Jews again, and said: "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.

When the Chief Priests and the police-officers saw him, they shouted: "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," said Pilate. "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged."

This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven,

but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ.

And

"Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!"

But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamor gained the day.

This made Pilate anxious to release him; but the Jews shouted: "If you release that man, you are no friend of the Emperor! Any one who makes himself out to be a King is setting himself against the Emperor!"

As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.

However, when they recognized him as a Jew, one cry broke from them all, and they continued shouting for two hours--"Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: "Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!"

General references

So Pilate summoned the Chief Priests, and the leading men, and the people,

They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;