Mark 15:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὸν ὁ Πιλάτος, Σὺ εἶ ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ λέγεις.

Transliteration

And epērōtēsen him the Pilatos, You ei the Basileus of-the Ioudaiōn? He de apokritheis eipen to-him, You legeis.

Grammar Details

• *epērōtēsen*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - questioned/asked
• *Pilatos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Pilate
• *ei*: verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd, singular - are/exist
• *Basileus*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - King
• *Ioudaiōn*: noun, genitive, masculine, plural - of Jews
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *apokritheis*: participle, aorist, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *eipen*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - said
• *legeis*: verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd, singular - you say/are saying

Word Meanings

• *epērōtēsen*: questioned/interrogated/asked
• *apokritheis*: having answered/responded
• *eipen*: said/spoke
• *legeis*: you say/you are saying/you affirm

Referenced Verses

• Matt 2:2 : 2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
• Matt 27:11-14 : 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
• Mark 15:9 : 9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
• Mark 15:12 : 12 And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
• Mark 15:18 : 18 and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
• Mark 15:26 : 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Luke 23:2-3 : 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest.
• John 18:29-38 : 29 Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: 32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die. 33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered, Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee concerning me? 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
• John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And there was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, [and] in Latin, [and] in Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.