Mark 15:4

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

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, "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.

6 Now at each feast he customarily released for them one prisoner whom they requested.

Footnotes

• [a] *The word "charges" is not in the Greek text but is implied