Markus 15:15

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Och eftersom Pilatus ville göra folket till viljes, gav han dem Barabbas lös; men Jesus lät han gissla och utlämnade honom sedan till att korsfästas.

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willing: Proverbs 29:25, Psalms 57:11, Matthew 27:26, Luke 23:24, Luke 23:25, John 19:1, John 19:16, Acts 24:27, Acts 25:9, Galatians 1:19

when: Mark 10:34, Psalms 129:3, Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 20:19, Matthew 27:26, Luke 18:33, John 19:1, 1 Peter 2:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:2 - follow Daniel 6:16 - the king Luke 23:16 - General Luke 23:20 - General John 18:40 - General Acts 27:42 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And so Pilate, willing to content the people,.... To satisfy and make them easy, who were become very noisy and tumultuous, and fearing the consequences of their resentment, should he not comply, of which he had formerly had experience; therefore to humour them, and keep in their favour, after he had washed his hands, to testify his innocence in the matter,

he released Barabbas unto them; the seditious person, robber, and murderer, as they desired:

and delivered Jesus when he had scourged him; or having scourged him; for this he had done before, hoping the Jews would have been satisfied with that, and not have insisted on any further punishment. The Arabic version very wrongly renders the words, "and delivered unto them Jesus, that he might be scourged": as if this was afterwards to be done by the Jews, or Roman soldiers; whereas he had scourged him before, and now delivered him

to be crucified, as they desired; in which he acted contrary to law and justice, to the violation of his own conscience, and merely to gratify the humour of the people; :-.