Mark 15:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Πιλάτος ἀποκριθεὶς πάλιν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τί οὖν θέλετε ποιήσω ὃν λέγετε Βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων;

Transliteration

The de Pilatos apokritheis palin eipen to-them, What oun you-thelete I-poiēsō whom you-legete Basilea of-the Ioudaiōn?

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *Pilatos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Pilate
• *apokritheis*: participle, aorist, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *palin*: adverb - again
• *eipen*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - said
• *oun*: conjunction - therefore/then
• *thelete*: verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd, plural - you wish/want
• *poiēsō*: verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st, singular - I should do
• *legete*: verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd, plural - you call/name
• *Basilea*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - King
• *Ioudaiōn*: noun, genitive, masculine, plural - of Jews

Word Meanings

• *apokritheis*: having answered/having responded
• *eipen*: said/spoke
• *oun*: therefore/then/consequently
• *thelete*: you wish/you want/you desire
• *poiēsō*: I should do/I should make/I should perform
• *legete*: you call/you name/you say

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:6-7 : 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: 7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land. 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
• Matt 2:2-4 : 2 Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship. 3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.
• Matt 27:22-23 : 22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross. 23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!
• Mark 11:9-9 : 9 And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: 10 A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest. 11 And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
• Mark 15:1-2 : 1 And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate. 2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.
• Luke 23:2 : 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
• Luke 23:20-24 : 20 And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free. 21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him! 22 And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go. 23 But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way. 24 And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
• John 19:14-16 : 14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King! 15 Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar. 16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;
• Acts 5:31 : 31 Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.