Mark 15:16-19

Jesus Is Mocked

16 ¹And the soldiers led him away inside ²the palace (that is, ³the governor's headquarters),^[a] and they called together the whole ⁴battalion.^[b]

17 And they clothed him in ⁵a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

18 And they began to salute him, ⁶"Hail, King of the Jews!"

19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ⁷spitting on him and ⁸kneeling down in homage to him.

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Cross References 8

1. For ver. 16-20, see Matthew 27:27-31; John 19:2, 3
2. See Matthew 26:3
3. John 18:28, 33; John 19:9; Acts 23:35; Philippians 1:13(Gk.)
4. See Acts 10:1
5. Revelation 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
6. See ver. 2
7. See Mark 14:65
8. See Matthew 8:2

Footnotes 2

[a]. Greek the praetorium
[b]. Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

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