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Mark 15:18

And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

KJV

καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀσπάζεσθαι αὐτόν· χαῖρε, βασιλεῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων·

Greek NT

Et cœperunt salutare eum : Ave rex Judæorum.

Vulgate

and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

ASV

And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
χαίρω
chairo
verb · 74×
ἀσπάζομαι
aspazomai
verb · 58×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: βασιλεῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: βασιλεῦ | RP: ὁ βασιλεὺς
  • βασιλεῦSBLGNT
  • βασιλεῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁ βασιλεὺςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 23:3 — And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
  • Mark 15:2 — And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
  • Matt 26:68 — Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
  • Matt 27:29 — And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
  • Matt 27:42 — He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.