Mark 15:6-15
6 Now at the [Passover] feast Pilate used to set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested.(A)
7 The man called Barabbas was imprisoned with the insurrectionists (revolutionaries) who had committed murder in the civil rebellion.
8 The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?”
10 For he was aware that the chief priests had turned Jesus over to him because of envy and resentment.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.
12 Again Pilate answered, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
13 They screamed back, “Crucify Him!”
14 But Pilate asked them, “Why, what has He done that is evil?” But they screamed all the more, “Crucify Him!”
15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus (a)scourged, he handed Him over [to his soldiers] to be crucified.(B)
Footnotes:
a.
Mark 15:15: I.e. whipped with a short whip of metal-tipped leather thongs. There was no limit to the number of lashings. Frequently, the body was so lacerated that the intestines gushed out. It was not uncommon for a prisoner to die from scourging.