Mark 15:2

So Pilate questioned Him. "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" he asked. "I am," replied Jesus.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

1At earliest dawn, after the High Priests had held a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, they and the entire Sanhedrin bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

3Then, as the High Priests went on heaping accusations on Him,

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Cross References

Matthew 2:2inquiring, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to do him homage."

Mark 15:9"Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate.

Mark 15:18and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews."

Luke 23:2"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

John 19:19And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: 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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