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Mark 15:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
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Quick Meaning
This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:14 in “Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to Crucifixion”: “Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him”.
Read It With
- Mark 15:1-15
Read Mark 15:14 with 15:1-15. This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:14 in “Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to Crucifixion”: “Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Chief priests deliver Jesus to Pilate, who questions him, offers the Passover release choice, yields to a stirred crowd, scourges Jesus, and hands him over despite asking what evil he did.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:14 in “Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to Crucifixion”: “Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him”. This specific contribution advances Mark 15:1-15 toward its narrated or taught result.
What Remains True
Pilate's political calculation and Roman authority hand an unconvicted Jesus to scourging and crucifixion. At Mark 15:14, develops the unit at Mark 15:14 in “Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to Crucifixion”: “Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him”.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 15:14, hold state and institutional decision-makers responsible for unjust punishment without transferring guilt to an ethnicity or crowd across time. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 15:14 in “Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to Crucifixion”: “Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him”.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 15:1-15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 15:1-15
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NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 15:1-15 and attached translator/textual notes
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