Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 15:6-15
by: Jo Anne Kandel.
As the fifteenth chapter of Mark continues, we again see a contrast between Jesus and others. In this case, there is contrast between the crimes of a true troublemaker and murderer Barabas and the sinless Jesus. Why would the people in the crowd want a murderer turned loose rather than the compassionate healer Jesus? Mark claims that the chief priests were responsible for this poor judgment. The writer of Acts explains that the people “disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you” (Acts 3:14).