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

1 Peter 1:19

And

General references

Luke 23:13

Acts 13:28

Bible References

Why

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

And

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.

But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

General references

Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.