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Mark 15:44

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

KJV

ὁ δὲ Πειλᾶτος ἐθαύμαζεν εἰ ἤδη τέθνηκεν, καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν κεντυρίωνα ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὸν εἰ πάλαι ἀπέθανεν·

Greek NT

Pilatus autem mirabatur si jam obiisset. Et accersito centurione, interrogavit eum si jam mortuus esset.

Vulgate

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

ASV

But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.

Douay-Rheims

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People Pontius Pilate

In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
θνήσκω
thnesko
verb · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεντυρίων
kenturion
noun · 3×
πάλαι
palai
adverb · 7×
προσκαλέομαι
proskaleomai
verb · 29×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
ἤδη
ede
adverb · 58×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: πάλαι | NIV/RP: πάλαι | WH/Treg: ἤδη
  • πάλαιSBLGNT
  • πάλαιReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἤδηWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by George Prevost and revised by M.B. Riddle. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 10. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200188.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email a…

Cross-references

  • Luke 8:53 — And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
  • Mark 15:39 — And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.