“But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Mark 15 contains 47 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.