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 put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. 20When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. 21The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

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 9:12He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?
• Mark 10:34They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again.”
• Mark 14:65Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.
• Job 13:9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
• Job 30:8Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.
• Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
• Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
• Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
• Isaiah 52:14(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
• Micah 5:1(4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.
• Matthew 20:18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,
• Luke 18:32For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.
• Luke 22:63Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and 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