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 Living Translation (NLT)And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.

Context of Mark 15:19

17And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head, 18and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him. 20And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him. 21Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His 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 9:12Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
• Mark 10:34and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”
• Mark 14:65Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands.
• Job 13:9Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
• Job 30:8They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
• Psalms 35:15But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease;
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
• Isaiah 49:7Thus says the Lord, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the Lord who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You.”
• Isaiah 50:6I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
• Isaiah 52:14Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men;
• Isaiah 53:3He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
• Micah 5:1Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
• Matthew 20:18“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,
• Luke 18:32For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
• Luke 22:63Now the men who held Jesus mocked 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