19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

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19 And they repeatedly struck[a] him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down[b] and[c] did obeisance to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 15:19 The imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
  2. Mark 15:19 Literally “bending the knees”
  3. Mark 15:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb