Mark 15:16-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Mocked by the Military
16 Then(A) the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters(B)) and called the whole company together. 17 They dressed Him in a purple(C) robe, twisted together a crown(D) of thorns, and put it on Him. 18 And they began to salute Him, “Hail,(E) King(F) of the Jews!” 19 They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees,(G) they were paying Him homage. 20 When they had mocked(H) Him, they stripped Him of the purple robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
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Mark 15:16-20
Lexham English Bible
Jesus Is Mocked
16 So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. 17 And they put a purple cloak on him, and after[a] weaving a crown of thorns they placed it[b] on him. 18 And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 19 And they repeatedly struck[c] him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down[d] and[e] did obeisance to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes[f] on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.
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- Mark 15:17 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“weaving”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 15:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 15:19 The imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
- Mark 15:19 Literally “bending the knees”
- Mark 15:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 15:20 Some manuscripts have “his clothes” in place of “his own clothes”
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