Mark 15 · Verse 3

Mark 15:3

And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
Mark 15:3, King James Version

Mark 15:3 in other translations

BSBAnd the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
WEBThe chief priests accused him of many things.
ASVAnd the chief priests accused him of many things.
YLTAnd the chief priests were accusing him of many things, but he answered nothing.
DARBYAnd the chief priests accused him urgently.
BBEAnd the chief priests said a number of things against him.
WebsterAnd the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

What does Mark 15:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:1-14

They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the King, they, in effect, delivered up the kingdom of God, which was, therefore, as by their own consent, taken from them, and given to another nation. Christ gave Pilate a direct answer, but would not answer the witnesses, because the things they alleged were known to be…

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Mark 15:3 in the original Greek

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καὶkaiAndG2532
κατηγόρουνkatēgorounwere accusingG2723
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
οἱhoitheG3588
ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsG749
πολλά.¶pollaof many things.G4183

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Cross references for Mark 15:3

  • Isaiah 53:7

    He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • John 19:12

    And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.

  • John 19:6-7

    When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  • Mark 14:60-61

    And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

  • Luke 23:2-5

    And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

  • John 18:29-31

    Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

  • Mark 15:5

    But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

  • Matthew 27:12

    And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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the chief.
Mt 27:12; Lu 23:2-5; Joh 18:29-31; 19:6,7,12
but.
5; 14:60,61; Isa 53:7

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Context

  • Mark 15:2

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

  • Mark 15:3

    And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

  • Mark 15:4

    And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

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Mark 15:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los príncipes de los sacerdotes le acusaban mucho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les principaux sacrificateurs l’accusaient de beaucoup de choses.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Hohenpriester klagten ihn vieler Dinge an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis.