Mark 15:15-21

15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ¹scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

16 ²And the soldiers led him away inside ³the palace (that is, ⁴the governor’s headquarters), ^[b] and they called together the whole ⁵battalion. ^[c]

17 And they clothed him in ⁶a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

18 And they began to salute him, ⁷“Hail, King of the Jews! ”

19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ⁸spitting on him and ⁹kneeling down in homage to him.

20 And when they had ¹⁰mocked him, they stripped him of ¹¹the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ¹²led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

21 ¹³And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Cross References

• 1. 15:15 ch. 10:34; Isa. 50:6; 53:5; [Luke 23:16; John 19:1]
• 2. 15:16 For ver. 16-20, see Matt. 27:27-31; John 19:2, 3
• 3. 15:16 See Matt. 26:3
• 4. 15:16 John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)
• 5. 15:16 See Acts 10:1
• 6. 15:17 Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
• 7. 15:18 See ver. 2
• 8. 15:19 See ch. 14:65
• 9. 15:19 See Matt. 8:2
• 10. 15:20 ch. 10:34
• 11. 15:20 [See ver. 17 above]
• 12. 15:20 Isa. 53:7
• 13. 15:21 Matt. 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]

Footnotes

• [a] 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal
• [b] 15:16 Greek 'the praetorium'
• [c] 15:16 Greek 'cohort'; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men