Mark 15:13

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

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σταύρωσον

stauróō

G4717

“to crucify”

Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

Appears 46× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 20:19

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G4716

TDNT: 16:41,1

1. to stake, drive down stakes 2. to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade 3. to crucify a. to crucify one b. metaph. to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)

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6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

σταύρωσον to crucify G4717 occurs in 42 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Commentary

Notes on Mark 15:13 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Mar 15:13 . πάλιν : they had intimated their will already by a popular shout = Barabbas, not Jesus; now they intimate their feeling about Jesus by a second shout with the unmistakable ring of reprobation in it: CRUCIFY HIM! That is what Pilate’s ὅν λέγετε has brought out. It has been taken as an insult. The sense is the same if, with B, we omit ὅν . Pilate’s question then = what then shall I do, tell me, to the King of the Jews? The sting lies in the title.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

13. Crucify him] was the cry that now fell upon his ears, prompted by the chief priests, re-echoed by the crowd. Still the procurator did not yield, though already at Cæsarea he had had proof of the invincible tenacity of a Jewish mob, whom not even the prospect of instant death could deter (Jos. Antiq. xviii. 3. 1). He resolved to make another direct appeal to the excited crowd. “Why should he crucify Him?” “What evil had He done?”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And they cried out again, crucify him. For they had cried so once before, though Matthew and Mark relate it not, yet Luke does, Luk 23:21.

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Mark 15:14

mar 15:14

mar 15:14

mar 15:14Then Pilate said unto them,.... The third time, Luk 23:22;

why, what evil hath he done? worthy of death. They had charged him with many things, but proved nothing against him. Pilate could find no fault in him, and judged him an innocent person, and therefore was loth to condemn him:

and they cried out the more exceedingly; with louder voices, and greater vehemency, the more they found he was inclined to save him:

crucify him; nothing short of death would satisfy them, and no other death but that of the cross; See Gill on Mat 27:22, Mat 27:23.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

13. Crucify him — The cross, as we have remarked in Matthew, was in the form of a †, corresponding to the human form with the arms spread. It was early adopted by the Romans and other nations as a means of inflicting torture and death upon the human body. It was among the striking occurrences of this great transaction, that this mode of death extended him upon a representation of a human form, and presents him to our view with his outspread arms as if to embrace the human race.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

And they cried out again, Crucify him. These words might seem at first to justify the old reading, in ver. 8, adopted in the Authorized Version," crying aloud." But there the word was anabohsav , here it is ekraxan . Moreover, in ver. 14, it is not (perissoterwv) "the more exceedingly," but (perisswv) "they cried exceedingly."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

13. οἱ δὲ πάλιν ἔκραξαν. This does not mean that they had previously asked him to crucify Jesus. They had previously asked him to free Barabbas (Mar 15:11), and now they make another request. Or πάλιν may merely mean in reply to Pilate, in which case πάλιν = “thereupon.” Their reply was made with the uttermost promptitude, and was probably suggested by the priests when they urged the people to ask for Barabbas.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

13.] πάλιν only refers to ἔκραξαν: cf. ver. 8, where this is implied in ἤρξαντο αἰτεῖσθαι:—they had not cried out this before.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

13. Σταύρωσον αὐτόν—Crucify him. An extreme probably to which they would not have gone except for the instigation of the priests. But having lost their confidence in Jesus, they were ready to follow their accustomed leaders.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is stauróō (“to crucify”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to crucify” (stauróō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Matthew 20:19, which shares the word «to crucify», read alongside this verse?
Compare how Expositor's Greek Testament and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?