Mark 15:2

And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

In Context

1And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

3And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:2Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

Mark 15:9And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

Mark 15:18And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

Luke 23:2And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

John 19:19And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:2-15

Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 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. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But… Read the whole commentary →

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