Mark 15:2
Pilate [Armed with javelin] asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews [Praisers]?” He answered, “So you say.”
One Unity Resource Bible
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
3The chief priests accused him of many things.
Cross References
Matthew 2:2“Where is he who is + 2:2. MP: Messiah is a King. (Ps 2:6) born King of the Jews [Praisers]? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
Mark 15:9Pilate [Armed with javelin] answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews [Praisers]?”
Mark 15:18They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews [Praisers]!”
Luke 23:2+ 23:2 (2-4) MP: Messiah is justified, no negative charges against him are valid. (Is 50:8) They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar [Ruler], and saying that he himself is Messiah [Anointed one], a king.”
John 19:19Pilate [Armed with javelin] wrote a title also, and put it on the execution-stake. There was written, “ Yeshua of Nazareth [Salvation of Branch, Separated one], The King of The Jews [Praisers] .”
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 →