Mark 15:16-20

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.

20 And when they had ⁹mocked him, they stripped him of ¹⁰the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ¹¹led him out to crucify him.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a] 15:16 Greek 'the praetorium'
• [b] 15:16 Greek 'cohort'; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men