Mark 15:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 15:1-14

Here we have, I. A consultation held by the great Sanhedrim for the effectual prosecution of our Lord Jesus. They met early in the morning about it, and went into a grand committee, to find out ways and means to get him put to death; they lost no time, but followed their blow in good earnest, lest there should be an uproar among the people. The unwearied industry of wicked people in doing that which is evil, should shame us for our backwardness and slothfulness in that which is good. They that... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 15:1-5

15:1-5 Immediately, early in the morning, the chief priests, together with the elders and the experts in the law--that is to say, the whole Sanhedrin--held a consultation. They bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "It is you who say so." The chief priests made many accusations against him. Pilate again questioned him, "Have you no answer to make?" he said. "See how many accusations they have made against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:1

And straightway in the morning ,.... As soon as it was break of day, or daylight appeared: the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes ; who were the principal men in the sanhedrim: and the whole council ; which, on this extraordinary occasion, was convened; the result of which was, to bind Jesus, and deliver him up to the Roman governor, to be put to death by him, as a seditious person, and an enemy to Caesar, and accordingly they did so: and bound Jesus,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:1

In the morning - See Matthew 27:1 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:1

And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. Straightway in the morning ( εὐθέως πρωΐ́ ) . The proceedings recorded in the last chapter terminated probably between five and six; the cock-crowing helps to fix the time. Now came the more formal trial. The whole Sanhedrim united in consultation. All the proceedings hitherto had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:1-5

Jesus at the bar of the Roman power. In its officers and agents representative of the whole Gentile world; so that the whole human race is involved in his condemnation and death. I. THE PURPOSE OF THE FURTHER REFERENCE . TO obtain authority for carrying out the death-sentence. This would not be allowed to a simple Jewish tribunal. The step taken was, therefore, a practical abdication of their theocratic pretensions. Hatred drives men into inconsistency and hypocrisy. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:1-15

The trial before Pilate. How true it is that "God spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all"! Jesus was first examined by Annas, then tried before Caiaphas, the high priest, then formally condemned by the Sanhedrim. But these mock-trials, with all their injustice and their indignities, were not enough to exhaust the appointed humiliation and suffering. Christ must needs be brought before the Roman governor, who had come up from Caesarea to Jerusalem to attend the Feast of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:1-15

Parallel passages: Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 , Matthew 27:11-26 ; Luke 23:1-7 , Luke 23:13-24 ; John 18:28 ; John 19:16 .— Judicial processes. I. JESUS SENT FROM THE SANHEDRIM TO PILATE — FROM THE JEWISH TRIAL TO THE ROMAN TRIAL . 1 . The first stage of the Jewish trial. After the arrest at Gethsemane, our Lord was conducted back to the city, across the Kidron to the palace-of the ex-high priest Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:1-20

The second trial. I. IT ELICITED THE INNOCENCE OF JESUS . Charges were made that he had excited sedition through the country, had prohibited the Roman tribute, and had claimed royalty. The last only had any show of plausibility in it. Jesus admitted his kingship, but declared it in immortal words to be the sovereignty of truth over the consciences of men. Reading the narratives of the other evangelists, we gain a clear impression of the innocence of Jesus, as it was exhibited... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 15:1

See the principal events in this chapter explained in the notes at Matthew 27:0. read more

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