Mark 15:16-29
New American Standard Bible
Jesus Is Mocked
16 (A)Now the soldiers took Him away into (B)the [a]palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman [b](C)cohort. 17 And they *dressed Him in [c]purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; 18 and they began saluting Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they repeatedly beat His head with a [d]reed and spit on Him, and kneeling, they bowed down before Him. 20 And after they had mocked Him, they took the [e]purple cloak off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.
21 (D)And they *compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and (E)Rufus), to carry His cross.
The Crucifixion
22 (F)Then they *brought Him to the place (G)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. 23 And they tried to give Him (H)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. 24 And they *crucified Him, and *(I)divided up His garments among themselves, casting [f]lots for them to decide [g]what each man would take. 25 Now it was the [h](J)third hour [i]when they crucified Him. 26 The inscription of the charge against Him [j]read, “(K)THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
27 And they *crucified two [k]rebels with Him, one on His right and one on His left.[l] 29 Those passing by were [m]hurling abuse at Him, (L)shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to (M)destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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- Mark 15:16 Or court
- Mark 15:16 Normally 600 men (the number varied)
- Mark 15:17 Prob. a term for a Roman soldier’s red cloak (cf. Matt 27:28)
- Mark 15:19 Or staff (made of a reed)
- Mark 15:20 See note v 17
- Mark 15:24 Lit a lot upon
- Mark 15:24 Lit who would take what
- Mark 15:25 I.e., 9 a.m.
- Mark 15:25 Lit and
- Mark 15:26 Lit had been inscribed
- Mark 15:27 Or robbers
- Mark 15:27 Late mss add the following as v 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was counted with wrongdoers.”
- Mark 15:29 Or blaspheming Him
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