Mark 15:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Πιλάτος ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Τί γὰρ, κακὸν ἐποίησεν; Οἱ δὲ περισσοτέρως ἔκραξαν, Σταύρωσον αὐτόν.

Transliteration

The de Pilatos elegen to-them, What gar kakon he-epoiēsen? They de perissoterōs ekraxan, Staurōson him.

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *Pilatos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Pilate
• *elegen*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - was saying
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *kakon*: adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - evil/bad
• *epoiēsen*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - he did/committed
• *perissoterōs*: adverb, comparative - more abundantly/more vehemently
• *ekraxan*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - cried out/shouted
• *Staurōson*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd, singular - crucify!

Word Meanings

• *elegen*: was saying/kept saying
• *kakon*: evil/bad/harm
• *epoiēsen*: did/committed/performed
• *perissoterōs*: more abundantly/more vehemently/all the more
• *ekraxan*: cried out/shouted/called out
• *Staurōson*: crucify!/nail to a cross!

Referenced Verses

• Luke 23:41 : 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
• Luke 23:47 : 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
• John 18:38 : 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 in him no fault [at all].
• John 19:6 : 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.
• John 19:12-15 : 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
• Acts 7:54-57 : 54 ¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
• Acts 19:34 : 34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.
• Acts 22:22-23 : 22 ¶ And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Isa 53:9 : 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth.
• Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].
• Matt 27:19 : 19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
• Matt 27:23-25 : 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it]. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
• Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• Luke 23:4 : 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people, I find no fault in this man.
• Luke 23:14-15 : 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
• Luke 23:21 : 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him.
• Luke 23:23-24 : 23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.