Mark 15 · a question people ask
Who handed Jesus over to be crucified?
Mark tells it step by step, and names who did what. "Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them" (14:10). "Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate" (15:1) (tap delivered). Pilate "perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up" (15:10). "But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead" (15:11). "Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified" (15:15). Then "The soldiers led him away" (15:16), and "They led him out to crucify him" (15:20). Jesus had said it before it happened: "The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes" (10:33), and "For the Son of Man goes as it is written about him" (14:21). These notes give what the text says of each, as the text names them, and make it a verdict on no people, church or group today.
The verses
“Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.”
“Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.”
“For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.”
“Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified. The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.”