Mark 15:16-20
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16 And de the ho soldiers stratiōtēs led apagō him autos away into esō the ho palace aulē ( that hos is eimi, the praetorium praitōrion) and kai they called synkaleō together the ho whole holos company speira of soldiers . 17 And kai they clothed endidyskō him autos in purple porphyra; and kai twisting plekō some thorns akanthinos into a crown stephanos, they placed peritithēmi it on him autos. 18 Then kai they began archō to greet aspazomai him autos, “ Hail chairō, king basileus of the ho Jews Ioudaios!” 19 And kai they kept striking typtō his autos · ho head kephalē with a staff kalamos and kai spitting emptyō on him autos; and kai falling tithēmi to their ho knees gony, they paid proskyneō homage to him autos. 20 And kai when hote they had finished mocking empaizō him autos, they stripped ekdyō him autos of the ho purple porphyra robe and kai put endyō his own autos clothes himation on him autos. · ho Then kai they led exagō him autos out to hina crucify stauroō him autos.
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Mark 15:16-20
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Jesus is Mocked
16 So[a] the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence)[b] and called together the whole cohort.[c] 17 They put a purple cloak[d] on him and after braiding[e] a crown of thorns,[f] they put it on him. 18 They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”[g] 19 Again and again[h] they struck him on the head with a staff[i] and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. 20 When they had finished mocking[j] him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then[k] they led him away to crucify him.[l]
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- Mark 15:16 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the soldiers’ action is in response to Pilate’s condemnation of the prisoner in v. 15.
- Mark 15:16 tn Grk “(that is, the praetorium).” sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.
- Mark 15:16 sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.
- Mark 15:17 sn The purple cloak probably refers to a military garment which had the color of royal purple, and thus resembled a king’s robe. The soldiers did this to Jesus as a form of mockery in view of the charges that he was a king (cf. 15:2).
- Mark 15:17 tn Or “weaving.”
- Mark 15:17 sn The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers were unwittingly symbolizing God’s curse on humanity (cf. Gen 3:18) being placed on Jesus. Their purpose would have been to mock Jesus’ claim to be a king; the crown of thorns would have represented the “radiant corona” portrayed on the heads of rulers on coins and other artifacts in the 1st century.
- Mark 15:18 tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
- Mark 15:19 tn The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.
- Mark 15:19 tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.
- Mark 15:20 tn The aorist tense is taken consummatively here.
- Mark 15:20 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
- Mark 15:20 sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.
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