Mark 15:19

19 They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.

Mark 15:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:19

And they smote him on the head with a reed
Or cane, a walking stick which they had put into his hands for a sceptre: this they took out again, and struck him on the head with it, which drove the sharp pointed thorns into his temples:

and did spit upon him;
"upon his face", as the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read:

and bowing their knees,
as to a sovereign prince,

worshipped him;
saying the above words, hail, king of the Jews? (See Gill on Matthew 27:29), (See Gill on Matthew 27:30).

Mark 15:19 In-Context

17 They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head.

18 Then they began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

19 They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.

20 After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

21 A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming [into Jerusalem] from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.