Mark 15:3

3 And the chief priests began to accuse him [of] many [things].

Mark 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:3

And the chief priests accused him of many things
As that he was a magician, and a blasphemer, and gave out that he was the Son of God; and that he made himself a king, and even forbad the people to give tribute to Caesar, and moved discord, sedition, and rebellion throughout the land;

but he answered nothing.
This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions; but is in the Greek text of the Complutensian edition, and in the Ethiopic version, and agrees with ( Matthew 27:12 ) , (See Gill on Matthew 27:12).

Mark 15:3 In-Context

1 And as soon as morning [came], [after] formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led [him] away, and handed [him] over to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

3 And the chief priests began to accuse him [of] many [things].

4 So Pilate asked him again, saying, "Do you not answer anything? See how many [charges] they are bringing against you!"

5 But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

Footnotes

• [a] The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to accuse")