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straightway. See notes on Mar_1:10, Mar_1:12.
in. Greek. epi. App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mar_15:7, Mar_15:29, Mar_15:38, Mar_7:41, Mar_7:46.
in the morning = any time before sunrise, while yet dark, Compare Mar_1:35; Mar_16:2, Mar_16:9. Joh_20:1. The Lord must have been led to Pilate before our midnight, because it was "about the sixth hour" of the night when Pilate said "Behold your king "(Joh_19:14). It was there fore in the night, at which time it was unlawful to try a prisoner. See the Talmud, Sanhedrin, cApp-4. It was also unlawful on the eve of the Sabbath, and this was the eve of the High Sabbath. See App-165. held a consultation having formed a council. See note on Mat_12:14.
with = in association with. Greek. meta. App-104. Same as in verses: Mar_15:7, Mar_15:28, Mar_15:31. Not the same as in Mar_15:27.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) to emphasize the fact that it was the act of the whole council.
Jesus. App-98.
carried Him away. Mat_27:2 has apegagon = to lead away what is alive (in contrast with pherein, which is generally used of what is inanimate). Luke has egagon = they led (Luk_23:1). Mark has apenegkun = carried, as though from faintness.