Verse Lens · Context pointer
Mark 15:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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Role in This Section
This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:6 with the dependent report, “Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired”.
Read It With
- Mark 15:1-15
Read Mark 15:6 with 15:1-15. This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:6 with the dependent report, “Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired”. 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 It Needs Context
This verse develops the unit at Mark 15:6 with the dependent report, “Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired”. Its connective or scene-specific force depends on Mark 15:1-15; isolating it would detach the selected action, response, speaker, or referent from the unit that explains it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Mark 15:1-15 — Pilate Hands an Innocent Man to CrucifixionSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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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
Open the Mark Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
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
Open the official NET Mark PDF ↗