Jesus Taken to Pilate

15 And as soon as morning came, after[a] formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led him[b] away, and handed him[c] over to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and[d] said, “You say so.” And the chief priests began to accuse[e] him of many things.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 15:1 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“formulating”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Mark 15:1 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Mark 15:1 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Mark 15:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Mark 15:3 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to accuse”)

Jesus Before Pilate(A)

15 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law(B) and the whole Sanhedrin,(C) made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.(D)

“Are you the king of the Jews?”(E) asked Pilate.

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

The chief priests accused him of many things.

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