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Mark 15:9 Cross-References
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“But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”
Mark 15:9 (KJV)
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But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? (ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς λέγων, Θέλετε ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων; ho de Pilatos apekrithē autois legōn, Thelete apolysō hymin ton basilea tōn Ioudaiōn?)—Pilate's question uses the verb θέλω (thelō, to will, desire, want) with deliberate political calculation. He employs the title 'King of the Jews' (βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, basilea tōn Ioudaiōn) with apparent irony or contempt—perhaps mocking both Jesus's claims and Jewish nationalism.Pilate's strategy is transparent: offer the crowd their 'ki...
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Cross-References for Mark 15:9
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“and said to them”
“that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?,But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?,,,,,,,,”
“Isaac”
“Pilate said to them”
“at about the sixth hour.{noon} He said to the Jews”