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It is often used in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible, to draw attention to a significant event, statement, or person. The term serves as an imperative, urging the reader or listener to pay close attention to what follows. In the context of the Bible, "ecce" is used to highlight divine revelations, prophetic announcements, and important declarations.<br><br><b>Biblical Context:</b><br>In the Berean Standard Bible , the equivalent term "behold" is frequently used to emphasize moments of divine intervention or revelation. It serves as a literary device to capture the reader's attention and underscore the importance of the message being conveyed.<br><br><b>Old Testament Examples:</b><br>1. <b><a href="/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29</a> :</b> "Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.'" Here, "behold" introduces God's provision for humanity, emphasizing the completeness and generosity of His creation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a> :</b> "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel." This prophetic announcement is marked by "behold," highlighting the miraculous nature of the virgin birth and the significance of the coming Messiah.<br><br><b>New Testament Examples:</b><br>1. <b><a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Matthew 1:23</a> :</b> "Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel" (which means, "God with us"). This verse echoes the prophecy from Isaiah, using "behold" to draw attention to the fulfillment of God's promise through the birth of Jesus Christ.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a> :</b> "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" Here, John the Baptist uses "behold" to identify Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb, central to the salvation narrative.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br>The use of "ecce" or "behold" in Scripture is not merely a stylistic choice but carries theological weight. It often introduces divine actions or truths that are pivotal to the biblical narrative. By calling attention to these moments, the term invites believers to reflect on God's sovereignty, faithfulness, and the unfolding of His redemptive plan.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Impact:</b><br>Throughout Christian history, the term "ecce" has been immortalized in art, music, and literature. One of the most famous uses is in the phrase "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the Man"), referring to Pontius Pilate's presentation of Jesus to the crowd in <a href="/john/19-5.htm">John 19:5</a>. This moment has been depicted in countless works of art, symbolizing the suffering and sacrifice of Christ.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br>While the term "ecce" itself is not found in the English translations of the Bible, its equivalent "behold" serves as a powerful tool to draw attention to God's actions and messages. It underscores the importance of divine revelation and invites believers to witness the unfolding of God's plan with reverence and awe.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ECCE HOMO</span><p>ek'-se ho'-mo (idou ho anthropos, "Behold, the man!" <a href="/john/19-5.htm">John 19:5</a>):<br><br>Pilate's statement regarding Jesus during His trial. While the significance of this statement is somewhat debatable, yet there is little doubt, as judged from his attitude and statement immediately following, that Pilate was endeavoring to appeal to the accusers' sympathies and to point out to them the manly qualities of Jesus. The ordinary punctuation which places an exclamation point after "Behold" and a period after "the man" is evidently incorrect if the grammatical structure in the Greek is to be observed, which gives to the second and third words the nominative form, and which therefore admits of a mild exclamation, and therefore of the emphasis upon "the man." Some, however, hold the contrary view and maintain that the utterance was made in a spirit of contempt and ridicule, as much as to say, "Behold here a mere man." See <a href="../e/especially.htm">especially on this view Marcus Dods in Expositor's Greek Testament</a>. It would seem, however, that the former of the two views would be sustained by the chief facts in the case.<br><br>Walter G. Clippinger<p><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/ecce_homo.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Homo</span></a> <br><b>...</b> HYMNS <b>ECCE</b> HOMO. "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth.""Isaiah<br> 45:22. Mechthild of Hellfde, 1277. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/ecce homo.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_246_ecce_sacerdos.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Sacerdos</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 246 <b>Ecce</b> Sacerdos. <b>Ecce</b> Sacerdos <b>...</b> <b>Ecce</b> Sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit<br> Deo: Ideo jurejurando fecit illum Dominus crescere in plebem suam. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 246 ecce sacerdos.htm</font><p><a href="/library/emmerich/the_dolorous_passion_of_our_lord_jesus_christ/chapter_xxvii_ecce_homo.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Homo.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER XXVII. <b>Ecce</b> Homo. The cruel executioners <b>...</b> excited throng. Pilate exclaimed,<br> as he pointed him out to the people; '<b>Ecce</b> homo! Behold <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxvii ecce homo.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_180_ecce_vidimus_eum.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> vidimus Eum</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 180 <b>Ecce</b> vidimus eum. <b>Ecce</b> vidimus eum Michael Haydn Arr. by NAM. Andante<br> sostenuto Piu vivo. <b>Ecce</b>! vidimus eum non habentem <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 180 ecce vidimus eum.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_176_ecce_quomodo_moritur_justus.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b>, Quomodo Moritur Justus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No.176 <b>Ecce</b>, Quomodo moritur justus. <b>Ecce</b>, Quomodo moritur justus Michael Haydn<br> Edited and revised by NA M. Lento. <b>Ecce</b>, quomodo moritur <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../no 176 ecce quomodo moritur justus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_231a_ecce_panis_angelorum.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum (No. 1)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 231a <b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum (No. 1). <b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum (No.1) Lauda<br> Sion Portuguese Melody. Andante religioso. 1. <b>Ecce</b> panis <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 231a ecce panis angelorum.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_157_ecce_nomen_domini.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Nomen Domini Emmanuel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 157 <b>Ecce</b> Nomen Domini Emmanuel. <b>Ecce</b> Nomen Domini Emmanuel. <b>Ecce</b> Nomen<br> Domini Emmanuel, Quod annuntiatum est per Gabriel, hodie <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 157 ecce nomen domini.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xliii_ecce_iterum_crispinus.htm"><span class="l"><b>ecce</b> Iterum Crispinus!'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> BOOK IV CHAPTER XLIII '<b>ECCE</b> ITERUM CRISPINUS!'. Quanti si tengon or lass?? gran regi,<br> Che qui staranno come porci in brago,. Di s?? lasciando orribili dispregi! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xliii ecce iterum crispinus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_185_third_word_mulier.htm"><span class="l">Third Word: "Mulier, <b>Ecce</b> Filius Tuus! <b>Ecce</b> Mater Tua!"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 185 Third Word: "Mulier, <b>ecce</b> filius tuus! <b>Ecce</b> mater tua!". Third Word:<br> "Mulier, <b>ecce</b> filius tuus! <b>Ecce</b> mater tua!" Ch. Gounod. Andante. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 185 third word mulier.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_231b_ecce_panis_angelorum.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum (No. 2) Lauda Sion</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No. 231b <b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum (No. 2) Lauda Sion. <b>Ecce</b> Panis Angelorum<br> (No.2) Lauda Sion Vatican Gradual. 1. <b>Ecce</b> panis Angelorum <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 231b ecce panis angelorum.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/ecce.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ecce</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>ECCE</b> HOMO. ek'-se ho'-mo (idou ho anthropos, "Behold,<br> the man!" John 19:5): Pilate's statement regarding Jesus during His trial. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ecce.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gabbatha.htm"><span class="l">Gabbatha (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> meaning "height" or "ridge." Tradition which now locates the Pretorium at the Antonia<br> and associates the triple Roman arch near there with the "<b>Ecce</b> Homo" scene <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gabbatha.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ecbat'ana.htm"><span class="l">Ecbat'ana (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Ecbat'ana. Ecbatana, Ecbat'ana. <b>Ecce</b> . Multi-Version Concordance Ecbat'ana<br> (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b> Ecbatana, Ecbat'ana. <b>Ecce</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ecbat'ana.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/homo.htm"><span class="l">Homo</span></a><br><b>...</b> Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>ECCE</b> HOMO. ek'-se ho'-mo (idou ho anthropos, "Behold,<br> the man!" John 19:5): Pilate's statement regarding Jesus during His trial. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/homo.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ecclesiastes.htm"><span class="l">Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ecclesiastes.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/premillennial.htm"><span class="l">Premillennial</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus; Wood, The Last Things; Guinness, The Approaching<br> End of the Age; Seiss, The Last Times; Gordon, <b>Ecce</b> Venit; Premillennial <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/premillennial.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/millennium.htm"><span class="l">Millennium</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus; Wood, The Last Things; Guinness, The Approaching<br> End of the Age; Seiss, The Last Times; Gordon, <b>Ecce</b> Venit; Premillennial <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/millennium.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/view.htm"><span class="l">View (86 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus; Wood, The Last Things; Guinness, The Approaching<br> End of the Age; Seiss, The Last Times; Gordon, <b>Ecce</b> Venit; Premillennial <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/view.htm - 81k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm"><span class="l">Jesus (10891 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. 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