[After the crowd called for the release of Barabbas,] Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!” —Mark 15:12-13 NLT Key Thought The sickening answer to Pilate’s question reverberates through time — “Crucify him!” How horrible this is! Yet as …
[After Pilate asked the crowd if he should release Jesus,] the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus. —Mark 15:11 NLT Key Thought Pilate knew that the leading priests had Jesus arrested because of envy. [1] Now the priests are behind the scenes orchestrating the events and stirring …
“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked [the crowd]. (For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.) —Mark 15:9-10 NLT Key Thought So often, people make their decisions to honor Jesus based on the opinion of the crowd around them. …
Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner — anyone the people requested. One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising. The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual. —Mark 15:6-8 …
[During Jesus’ trial,] the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes, and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?” But Jesus said nothing, much to Pilate’s surprise. —Mark 15:3-5 NLT Key Thought Once again, as Old Testament Scripture had promised, [1] Jesus does …
Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law — the entire high council — met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor. Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “You …
But Peter denied [being with Jesus] again. A little later some of the other bystanders confronted Peter and said, “You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean.” Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying — I don’t know this man you’re talking about!” And immediately the rooster crowed the second …
When the servant girl saw [Peter] standing [outside while Jesus was being abused by the guards], she began telling the others, “This man is definitely one of them!” But Peter denied it again. A little later some of the other bystanders confronted Peter and said, “You must be one of them, because you are a …
But Peter denied [having been with Jesus]. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a rooster crowed. —Mark 14:68 NLT Key Thought Peter denies the LORD, just as Jesus had warned him that he would, but this is only the first denial. On cue, …
[When the guards took Jesus away], Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by and noticed Peter warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, “You were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth.” —Mark 14:66-67 NLT Key Thought Peter …