Mark 15:19

19 They banged on his head with a club, spit on him, and knelt down in mock worship.

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 up in purple and put a crown plaited from a thorn bush on his head.

18 Then they began their mockery: "Bravo, King of the Jews!"

19 They banged on his head with a club, spit on him, and knelt down in mock worship.

20 After they had had their fun, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they marched out to nail him to the cross.

21 There was a man walking by, coming from work, Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. They made him carry Jesus' cross.