Mark 15:4 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:4

Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.

KJV

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ORATION 29, ON THE SON 20 (390)

A lamb, he is silent—yet he is "word," proclaimed by "the voice of one crying in the wilderness." He is weakened, wounded—yet he cures every disease and every weakness. He is brought up to the tree and nailed to it—yet by the tree of life he restores us.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Pilate asked him again,.... In the presence of the chief priests, who laid so many things to his charge; for the former question was put, when Jesus and he were alone in the judgment hall, whither the Jews would not enter for fear of being defiled; see Joh 18:28; saying, answerest thou nothing behold how many things they witness against thee? The charges were many, and very heinous, and which Pilate thought called for self-defence; See Gill on Mat 27:13.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans is said to be for the iniquity of the priests that shed the blood of the just, Lam. iv. Note, Wicked priests are generally the worst of men. The better any thing is, the worse it is when it is corrupted.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses begin the chapter in which Mark describes the slaying of "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." It is a part of the Gospel history which should always be read with peculiar reverence. We should call to mind, that Christ was cut off, not for Himself, but for us. (Dan. 9:26.) We should remember that His death is the life of our souls, and that unless His blood had been shed, we must have perished miserably in our sins.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Πιλᾶτος	Pilatos	Pilate	G4091 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
ἐπηρώτα	epērōta	was questioning	G1905 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἀποκρίνῃ	apokrinē	answer You	G611 →
οὐδέν;	ouden	no [thing]?	G3762 →
ἴδε	ide	See	G2396 →
πόσα	posa	how many things	G4214 →
σου	sou	You	G4771 →
κατηγοροῦσιν.¶	katēgorousin	they accuse!	G2723 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 26:62
So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
leads to
- John 19:9–11
  and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
- John 18:19–24
  Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
- Mark 14:60
  So the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
- Matthew 27:12–14
  And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
- Luke 23:9
  Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
Through
Matthew 27:13
Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”
leads to
- Matthew 26:62
  So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
Through
John 19:10
So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
leads to
- Daniel 5:19
  Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted…
- Daniel 3:14–15
  and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark