Mark 15:16–20
The soldiers mock him with a crown of thorns and a purple robe
Study it word by word16And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the praetorium, and they call together the whole cohort.
17And they clothe him in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him, and bending their knees, they were paying homage to him.
20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple and put his own clothes on him. And they lead him out to crucify him.
In its context
14But Pilate was saying to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him!”
15And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, and having flogged Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.
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21And they compel a passerby, a certain Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is translated Place of a Skull.
Its words in the original
- στρατιῶταιstratiōtai· soldier
Soldier.
- ἀπήγαγονapēgagon· lead away
Lead away, take off to a place.
- ἔσωesō· inside
Inside, within.
- αὐλῆςaulēs· courtyard
Courtyard; also the palace around it.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- πραιτώριονpraitōrion· praetorium
Praetorium: the residence of the Roman governor.
- συγκαλοῦσινsynkalousin· call together
Call together, assemble.
- ὅληνholēn· whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
- σπεῖρανspeiran· cohort
Cohort, a body of about six hundred soldiers.
- ἐνδιδύσκουσινendidyskousin· clothe
Dress, put on clothing.
- πορφύρανporphyran· purple, purple robe
Purple; a purple robe.
- περιτιθέασινperititheasin· put around
Put around, place on.
- πλέξαντεςplexantes· weave, twist
Weave, plait, twist together.
- ἀκάνθινονakanthinon· of thorns
Made of thorns.
- στέφανονstephanon· crown
Crown, wreath.
- ἤρξαντοērxanto· begin
Begin.
- ἀσπάζεσθαιaspazesthai· greet
To greet.
- ΧαῖρεChaire· rejoice
Rejoice, be glad. As a greeting, "hail!" or "greetings!".
- βασιλεῦbasileu· king
King, one who reigns. In the Gospels, Jesus is the promised king of the Jews.
- ἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn· Jew, Judean
Jew, Judean: one of the people of Judah; in the New Testament it often means the leaders of the people.
- ἔτυπτονetypton· strike
Strike, beat.
- κεφαλὴνkephalēn· head
Head.
- καλάμῳkalamōi· pen, reed
Reed; a reed pen for writing.
- ἐνέπτυονeneptyon· spit on
Spit on.
- τιθέντεςtithentes· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- γόναταgonata· knee
Knee.
- προσεκύνουνprosekynoun· worship, bow down
Bow down before someone, bend to the ground as a sign of reverence; when it is before God, worship.
- ἐνέπαιξανenepaixan· mock
Mock, make fun of someone.
- ἐξέδυσανexedysan· strip
Take off clothing, strip.
- ἐνέδυσανenedysan· put on, clothe
Dress, put on clothing; be clothed.
- ἱμάτιαhimatia· cloak, clothes
Cloak, the outer garment; in the plural, clothes.
- ἴδιαidia· own
One's own, his own.
- ἐξάγουσινexagousin· lead out
Lead out, bring out.
- σταυρώσωσινstaurōsōsin· crucify
Crucify: nail or tie to a cross.