Mark 15 · Verse 18

Mark 15:18

And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mark 15:18, King James Version

Mark 15:18 in other translations

BSBAnd they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
WEBThey began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
ASVand they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
YLTand began to salute him, ‘Hail, King of the Jews.'
DARBYAnd they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
BBEAnd, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!
WebsterAnd began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

What does Mark 15:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:15-21

Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made satisfaction by submitting to the greatest disgrace human nature could be loaded with. It was a cursed death; thus it was branded by the Jewish law, De 21:23. The Roman soldiers mocked our Lord Jesus as a King; thus in the high…

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Mark 15:18 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ἤρξαντοērxantothey beganG757
ἀσπάζεσθαιaspazesthaito saluteG782
αὐτόν·autonHim;G846
χαῖρεchaireHailG5463
βασιλεῦbasileuKingG935
τῶνtōnof theG3588
Ἰουδαίων.IoudaiōnJews!G2453

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 15:18

  • Matthew 27:42-43

    He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

  • Luke 23:36-37

    And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

  • Mark 15:29-32

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

  • Mark 15:2

    And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

  • Genesis 37:10

    And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

  • John 19:14-15

    And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 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 Cesar.

  • Genesis 37:20

    Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hail.
29-32; Ge 37:10,20; Mt 27:42,43; Lu 23:36,37; Joh 19:14,15

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Context

  • Mark 15:17

    And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

  • Mark 15:18

    And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

  • Mark 15:19

    And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

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Mark 15:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Comenzaron luego á saludarle: ¡Salve, Rey de los Judíos!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils se mirent à le saluer, disant: Salut, roi des Juifs!
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie fingen an, ihn zu grüßen: Sei gegrüßt, König der Juden!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et cœperunt salutare eum: Ave rex Judæorum.