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. 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
• 9. Mark 10:34
• 10. [See ver. 17 above]
• 11. Isaiah 53:7

Footnotes

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