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MARK 15:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 15Mark 15:2
“And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.”
Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate — the dawn handover to Pilate is necessary because the Sanhedrin's blasphemy conviction cannot be executed without Roman authorization. The bound Jesus communicates the prisoner status of the one who came with authority to bind the strong man (Mark 3:27). Handed him over (paradidōmi) — the betrayal verb applied now to the official transfer.

Church Fathers on Mark 15:1

The Jews had a custom of delivering him whom they had condemned to death, bound to the judge. Wherefore after the condemnation of Christ, the Evangelist adds: 'And straightway in the morning the Chief Priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.' But it must be observed, that they did not then first bind Him, but they bound Him on first taking Him in the garden by night, as…

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 4, 44

They then gave Jesus up to the Romans, but were themselves given up by God into the hands of the Romans, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, which say, 'Recompense them after the work of their hands.' [Ps 28:5]

Theophylact · 11th century

Luke has also laid open the false charges which they brought against Him; for he thus relates it: 'And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.' [Luke 23:2]

Augustine · 4th century · de. Con. Evan., iii, 8
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