Mark 15:19

Mark 15:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
• New International Version (NIV)Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.

Context of Mark 15:19

17They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head. 18Then they began to greet him, “Long live the king of the Jews!” They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility. 20After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. 21A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming ⌞into Jerusalem⌟ from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.

Mark 15:19 word by word

καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ, καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they smoteτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• on the headὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• on the headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• with a reedκάλαμοςkalamos · reed/stick/penG2563
• did spitἐμπτύωemptuō · to spit on/atG1716
• bowingτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• kneesγόνυgonu · a kneeG1119
• worshippedπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352

Cross-references for Mark 15:19

• Mark 9:12Jesus said to them, “Elijah is coming first and will put everything in order again. But in what sense was it written that the Son of Man must suffer a lot and be treated shamefully?
• Mark 10:34They will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he will come back to life.”
• Mark 14:65Some of them began to spit on him. They covered his face and hit him with their fists. They said to him, “Prophesy!” Even the guards took him and slapped him.
• Job 13:9Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another?
• Job 30:8Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips.
• Psalms 22:6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
• Psalms 35:15Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
• Isaiah 49:7The Lord is the defender of Israel, its Holy One. This is what the Lord says to the despised one, to the one scorned by the nation, to the slave of rulers: Kings will see ⌞you⌟ and stand. Princes will see ⌞you⌟ and bow. The Lord is faithful. The Holy One of Israel has chosen you.
• Isaiah 50:6I will offer my back to those who whip me and my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.
• Isaiah 52:14Many will be shocked by him. His appearance will be so disfigured that he won’t look like any other man. His looks will be so disfigured that he will hardly look like a human.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.
• Micah 5:1Now, gather your troops, you city of troops. We are under attack. Enemies will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.
• Matthew 20:18“We’re going to Jerusalem. There the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. They will condemn him to death
• Luke 18:32He will be handed over to foreigners. They will make fun of him, insult him, spit on him,
• Luke 22:63The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him as they beat him.

Commentaries on Mark 15:19

• 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. 16-41The crucifixion story is one of the most historically reliable events from ancient history. Why would the early church invent a story where its central figure died as a criminal? This story was offensive to Jews and seemed ridiculous to non-Jews (1 Corinthians 1:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:19

• Irony
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judge
• Mocking
• Reed
• Soldiers

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Consultation
• Content
• Release
• Superscription
• Witness
• Games
• Jesus Christ
• Pilate; Pontius
• Reed

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