Mark 15 · Verse 15

Mark 15:15

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Mark 15:15, King James Version

Mark 15:15 in other translations

BSBAnd wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
WEBPilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
ASVAnd Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
YLTand Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus--having scourged him --that he might be crucified.
DARBYAnd Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
BBEAnd Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.
WebsterAnd so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

What does Mark 15:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:15-21
Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made satisfaction by submitting to the greatest disgrace human nature could be loaded with. It was a cursed death; thus it was branded by the Jewish law, De 21:23. The Roman soldiers mocked our Lord Jesus as a King; thus in the high priest's hall the servants had mocked him as a Prophet and Saviour. Shall a purple or scarlet robe be matter of pride to a Christian, which was matter of reproach and shame to Christ? He wore the crown of thorns which we deserved, that we might wear the crown of glory which he merited. We were by sin liable to everlasting shame and contempt; to deliver us, our Lord Jesus submitted to shame and contempt. He was led forth with the workers of iniquity, though he did no sin. The sufferings of the meek and holy Redeemer, are ever a source of instruction to the believer, of which, in his best hours, he cannot be weary. Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I, a vile sinner, fret or repine? Shall I indulge anger, or utter reproaches and threats because of troubles and injuries?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Mark 15:15 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁho<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ΠιλᾶτοςPilatosPilateG4091
βουλόμενοςboulomenosdesiringG1014
τῷtōto theG3588
ὄχλῳochlōcrowdG3793
τὸtothat which [was]G3588
ἱκανὸνhikanonsatisfactoryG2425
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160
ἀπέλυσενapelusenhe releasedG630
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
τὸνton<the>G3588
ΒαραββᾶνBarabbanBarabbasG912
καὶkaiandG2532
παρέδωκενparedōkenhe deliveredG3860
τὸνton<the>G3588
ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424
φραγελλώσαςphragellōsashaving flogged [him]G5417
ἵναinathatG2443
σταυρωθῇ.¶staurōthēaHe may be crucified.G4717

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 15:15

  • Matthew 27:26

    Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

  • John 19:1

    Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

  • Isaiah 50:6

    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  • Mark 10:34

    And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Psalms 129:3

    The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

  • Proverbs 29:25

    The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

  • Psalms 57:11

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

  • John 19:16

    Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • Matthew 20:19

    And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Luke 18:33

    And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Luke 23:24-25

    And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
willing.
Pr 29:25; Ps 57:11; Mt 27:26; Lu 23:24,25; Joh 19:1,16; Ac 24:27
Ac 25:9; Ga 1:19
when.
10:34; Ps 129:3; Isa 50:6; Mt 20:19; 27:26; Lu 18:33; Joh 19:1
1Pe 2:24

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Context

  • Mark 15:14

    Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

  • Mark 15:15

    And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

  • Mark 15:16

    And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.

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Mark 15:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Pilato, queriendo satisfacer al pueblo, les soltó á Barrabás, y entregó á Jesús, después de azotarle, para que fuese crucificado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Pilate, voulant contenter la foule, leur relâcha Barabbas; et, ayant fait fouetter Jésus, il le livra pour être crucifié.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da aber Pilatus der Volksmenge willfahren wollte, gab er ihnen den Barabbas los und überliefere Jesum, nachdem er ihn geißelt hatte, auf daß er gekreuzigt würde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pilatus autem volens populo satisfacere, dimisit illis Barabbam, et tradidit Jesum flagellis cæsum, ut crucifigeretur.