Mark 15:2
Pilate asked Jesus, “Do you claim to be the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You yourself have said so.”
Translation for Translators
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
3Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.
Cross References
Matthew 2:2They asked people, “Where is the one who has been born in order that he might be the king of you Jews? We believe that your new king has been born, because we have seen the star that we believe indicated that he has been born. We saw it while we were in our country east of here. So we have come to worship him.”
Mark 15:9Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the man whom you Jewish people say is your king?”
Mark 15:18Then they greeted him like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him, saying, “Hooray for the King who rules the Jews!”
Luke 23:2They began to accuse Jesus, saying, “We (exc) have determined that this fellow has caused political trouble in our country. He has been telling people that they should not pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY]. Also, he says that he is the Messiah, a king!”
John 19:19Pilate also had them write on a board a notice that stated why they were executing him, and fasten it to the cross. But all they wrote was ‘Jesus from Nazareth, 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 →