Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 15:11-13

"But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify him." — Mark 15:11-13 (ASV)

This was the very best reply to the charge of high treason; for, if Jesus had really set himself up as a king in the place of Caesar, the people, when they were thus publicly appealed to, would not have cried out, "Crucify him." If there had been any truth in the allegation that he was the ringleader of a sedition, the Jews would not have said again and again, "Crucify him." Thus Christ gave Pilate a much more effectual answer than if he had himself spoken.