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Mark 15:32

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

KJV

ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ καταβάτω νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμεν. καὶ οἱ συνεσταυρωμένοι σὺν αὐτῷ ὠνείδιζον αὐτόν.

Greek NT

Christus rex Israël descendat nunc de cruce, ut videamus, et credamus. Et qui cum eo crucifixi erant, convitiabantur ei.

Vulgate

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

ASV

Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
σταυρός
stauros
noun · 27×
συσταυρόω
sustauroo
verb · 5×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
ὀνειδίζω
oneidizo
verb · 9×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: βασιλεὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: βασιλεὺς | RP: + τοῦ
  • βασιλεὺςSBLGNT
  • βασιλεὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τοῦRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πιστεύσωμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: πιστεύσωμεν | RP: + αὐτῷ
  • πιστεύσωμενSBLGNT
  • πιστεύσωμενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: σὺν | WH/NIV: σὺν
  • σὺνSBLGNT
  • σὺνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 1:9 — Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
  • John 19:17 — And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
  • Luke 23:3 — And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
  • Luke 23:38 — And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  • Luke 23:39 — And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
  • Luke 23:39 — And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
  • Matt 27:44 — The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
  • Matt 27:44 — The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.