Mark 15:3

Mark 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
• New International Version (NIV)The chief priests accused him of many things.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the chief priests accused him of many things.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

Context of Mark 15:3

1And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] up to Pilate. 2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, Thou sayest. And the chief priests accused him urgently. 4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee. 5But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

Mark 15:3 word by word

καὶ κατηγόρουν αὐτοῦ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς πολλά.¶Read the interlinear

• chiefἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• accusedκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723

Cross-references for Mark 15:3

• Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
• Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
• John 18:29Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?
• John 19:6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify [him]. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify [him], for I find no fault in him.
• Mark 15:5But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.
• Mark 14:60And the high priest, rising up before them all, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.

Commentaries on Mark 15:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Pilate asked Jesus to defend himself against the charges.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:3

• Court
• Jesus, the Christ
• Self-Defense

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Consultation
• Content
• Release
• Superscription
• Witness
• Jesus Christ
• Nothing
• Pilate; Pontius
• Son of Man, the

Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings