Mark 15:4

4 But Pilate again asked him, and said [saying], Answerest thou nothing? Seest thou in how many things they accuse thee?

Mark 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:4

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 ( john 18:28 john 18:33 ) ;

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 Matthew 27:13).

Mark 15:4 In-Context

2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou king of Jews? And Jesus answered, and said to him, Thou sayest [And he answering saith to him, Thou sayest].
3 And the high priests accused him in many things. [And the highest priests accused him in many things.]
4 But Pilate again asked him, and said [saying], Answerest thou nothing? Seest thou in how many things they accuse thee?
5 But Jesus answered no more [Forsooth Jesus more nothing answered], so that Pilate wondered.
6 But by the feast day he was wont to let go to them to them one of the men bound, whomever they asked. [+Forsooth by the feast day he was wont to leave to them/he was wont to deliver to them one of the prisoners, whomever they asked.]
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