Mark - 15:19



19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 15:19.

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And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.
And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.
And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshiped him.
And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,
Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.
And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.
And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him.
And they kept striking him on the head with a rod, spitting at him, and bowing to the ground before him – going down on their knees;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Worshipped him - Mocked him with the "appearance" of homage. The word "worship" here denotes only the respect and honor shown to princes and kings. It does not refer to any "religious" homage. They regarded him as foolishly and madly claiming to be a king - not as claiming to be divine.

And they smote him on the head with a reed,.... Or cane, a walking stick which they had put into his hands for a sceptre: this they took out again, and struck him on the head with it, which drove the sharp pointed thorns into his temples:
and did spit upon him; "upon his face", as the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read:
and bowing their knees, as to a sovereign prince,
worshipped him; saying the above words, hail, king of the Jews? See Gill on Matthew 27:29, Matthew 27:30.

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