Mark 15 · Verse 8

Mark 15:8

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

Mark 15:8, King James Version

Mark 15:8 in other translations

BSB	So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
WEB	The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
ASV	And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.
YLT	And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,
DARBY	And the crowd crying out began to beg that he would do to them as he had always done.
BBE	And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.
Webster	And the multitude crying aloud, began to desire him to do as he had ever done to them.

What does Mark 15:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 The multitude crying aloud - Αναβοησας. The word itself strongly marks the vociferations, or, to come nearer the original word, the bellowing of the multitude. It signifies, properly, a loud and long cry, such as Christ emitted on the cross. See the whole history of these proceedings against our Lord treated at large, on Matthew 27 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:1-14

They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the King, they, in effect, delivered up the kingdom of God, which was, therefore, as by their own consent, taken from them, and given to another nation. Christ gave Pilate a direct answer, but would not answer the witnesses, because the things they alleged were known to be…

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Mark 15:8 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.

καὶkaiAndG2532

ἀναβὰςanabashaving come upG305

ὁhotheG3588

ὄχλοςochloscrowdG3793

ἤρξατοērxatobeganG757

αἰτεῖσθαιaiteisthaito beg [him to do]G154

καθὼςkathōseven asG2531

ἐποίειepoieihe was doingG4160

αὐτοῖς.¶autoisfor them.G846

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

Context

Mark 15:7
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Mark 15:8
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
Mark 15:9
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

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Mark 15:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y viniendo la multitud, comenzó á pedir hiciese como siempre les había hecho.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et la foule, poussant des cris, se mit à lui demander de faire comme il leur avait toujours fait.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Volksmenge erhob ein Geschrei und fing an zu begehren, daß er täte, wie er ihnen allezeit getan.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et cum ascendisset turba, cœpit rogare, sicut semper faciebat illis.