Mark 15:6-11

    Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.

    "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 

 

Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.

Matthew 27:15-16  

    Now it was the governor's custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas.

John 18:39a  

"But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover."

 

"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.  

Matthew 27:17-18  

So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?" For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.  

[see Matthew 27:15-19]

John 18:39b  

"Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?"

 

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.  

Matthew 27:20  

    But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

Luke 23:18-19 

     But the whole crowd shouted, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)  [see Luke 23:13-19]

John 18:40  

    They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising. 

 

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Mark 15:1-5 Part 3 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.

    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 

    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."

    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 

 

So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.

Isaiah 53:7  

He was oppressed and afflicted,

    yet he did not open his mouth;

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

    he did not open his mouth.

Matthew 27:12-14  

    When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" But Jesus made no reply, not even a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor.

Luke 23:8-9  

    When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 

John 18:33-36  

    Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

    "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"

    "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"

    Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place."  

(see John 18:28-40) 

 

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Mark 15:1-5 Part 2 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.

    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 

    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."

    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 

 

"Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "You have said so," Jesus replied. 

Matthew 2:1-2  

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

(see all Matthew 2) 

Jeremiah 23:5  

    "The days are coming," declares the LORD,

        "when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,

    a King who will reign wisely

        and do what is just and right in the land."  

        (see Jeremiah 23:1-8)

John 1:49  

    Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel."  (see John 1:43-51)

Matthew 27:11  

    Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 

    "You have said so," Jesus replied.

Luke 23:3  

    So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

    "You have said so," Jesus replied.

 

The chief priests accused him of many things.  

Luke 23:2  

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king." 

John 18:30-32  

    "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."

    Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."

    "But we have no right to execute anyone," they objected. This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die. 

 

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Mark 15:1-5 Part 1 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.

    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 

    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."

    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 

 

Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

Matthew 27:1-2  

    Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. 

Luke 23:1-2  

    Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king."

John 18:28-29  

    Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"

Acts 3:13  

"The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go."  (see all Acts 3)

Acts 2:22-23  

    "Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross."  (see all Acts 2) 

 

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Mark 14:69-72

    When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, "This fellow is one of them." Again he denied it.

    After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

    He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about."

    Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times." And he broke down and wept.

 

When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, "This fellow is one of them."

Matthew 26:71  

    Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth."

Luke 22:58a  

    A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." 

John 18:25a  

    Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?"

 

Again he denied it.  

Matthew 26:72  

    He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!"

Luke 22:58b  

    "Man, I am not!" Peter replied.

John 18:25b  

    He denied it saying, "I am not." 

 

After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."  

Matthew 26:73  

    After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away."

Luke 22:59  

    About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."

John 18:26  

    One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, "Didn't I see you with him in the garden?"

 

He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about."  

Matthew 26:74a  

    Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!"

Luke 22:60a  

    Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!"

John 18:27a  

    Again Peter denied it, ... 

 

Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times." And he broke down and wept.  

Matthew 26:74b-75  

    Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Luke 18:60b-62  

Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. 

John 18:27b  

... and at that moment a rooster began to crow. 

 

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Mark 14:54, 66-68

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.

 

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. 

    "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus," she said.

    But Peter denied it. "I don't know or understand what you are talking about," he said and went out into the entryway.

 

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.

Matthew 26:54b-55  

Peter followed at a distance. And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.

John 18:15-16a  

    Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the door.

John 18:18  

    It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

 

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus," she said.  

Matthew 26:69  

    Now Peter was in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.

Luke 22:56  

A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."

John 18:16b-17a  

The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in. 

    "You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you?" she asked Peter.

 

But he denied it. "I don't know or understand what you are talking about," he said and went out into the entryway.  

Matthew 26:70  

    But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said.

Luke 22:57  

    But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.

John 18:17b  

    He replied, "I am not." 

 

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Mark 14:60-65 Part 3 of 3

    Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.

    Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

    "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." 

    The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked. "You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?"

    They all condemned him as worthy of death. Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.

 

Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him.

Matthew 26:67-68  

    Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?" 

Luke 22:63-65  

    The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" And they said many other insulting things to him.

Mark 10:34  

"... who will mock him and spit on him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."  (see Mark 10:32-34)

Luke 9:22  

And he said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.  (see Luke 9:18-27)

Luke 18:31-33  

    Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."  (see Luke 18:31-34) 

 

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