Mark 15:8 - Exposition

And the multitude went up and Began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them. Went up ( ἀναβὰς ). This is the reading to be preferred to the old reading, "crying aloud" ( ἀναβοήσας ). The reading ἀναβὰς is supported by the Sinaitic, the Vatican, and the Cambridge manuscripts; also by the Old Italic, the Gothic, and other versions. The AE thiopic Version combines the two," going up and crying aloud." The geographical position of Pilate's residence quite justifies the use of the term