A moment in scripture
Mark 15:6
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Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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The surrounding passage
- Mark 15:4
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
- Mark 15:5
But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
- 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.