Mark 15:13

Study note

Setting — The crowd addresses Pontius Pilate at the moment of his final judicial decision, responding directly to his repeated question about what to do with the man called King of the Jews.

The words — The Greek imperative σταυρόσωσον (staurōson) commands “do crucify,” paired with the accusative pronoun αὐτόν (auton) for “Him.” The adverb πάλιν (palin) marks this as a second, intensified cry following Pilate’s earlier inquiry.

The thread — This pattern of repeated, escalating public demand appears in the immediate narrative of Mark 15:12–14, where the crowd’s response overrides Pilate’s legal questioning.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note a judicial reversal where collective insistence replaces factual inquiry, demanding a clear assessment of how authority yields to popular pressure.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.