Mark 15:16

Mark 15:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.
• New International Version (NIV)The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison.

Context of Mark 15:16

14And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him. 15And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. 17And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him; 18and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 15:16 word by word

Οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται ἀπήγαγον αὐτὸν ἔσω τῆς αὐλῆς, ὅ ἐστιν πραιτώριον, καὶ συγκαλοῦσιν ὅλην τὴν σπεῖρανRead the interlinear

• soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• ledἀπάγωapagō · to lead awayG520
• courtαὐλήaulē · palace/courtyardG833
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• togetherσυγκαλέωsugkaleō · to call togetherG4779
• wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650

Cross-references for Mark 15:16

• Matthew 27:27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Prætorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.
• John 18:28They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Prætorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
• John 19:9and he entered into the Prætorium again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

Commentaries on Mark 15:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made satisfaction by submitting to the greatest disgrace human nature could be loaded with. It was a cursed death; thus it was branded by the Jewish law, De 21:23. The Roman soldiers mocked our Lord Jesus as a King; thus in the high priest's hall the servants…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16the whole company: This was literally a cohort, which was one-tenth of a Roman legion of soldiers, or about 600 men. Those called to attend were likely all the soldiers on duty in the Praetorium.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:16

• Jesus, the Christ
• Pretorium
• Soldiers

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Consultation
• Content
• Hall
• Judgment hall
• Praetorium
• Release
• Superscription
• Witness
• Army, Roman

Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings