Mark 15:19 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:19

They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

KJV

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyprian

Treatise IX. On the Advantage of Patience 7 (258)

In that very hour of his passion and cross, before they had come to the cruel act of his slaughter and the shedding of his blood, what violent abuses he listened to with patience, and what shameful insults he endured! He was even covered with the spittle of his revilers, when, but a short time before, with his own spittle he had cured the eyes of the blind man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 Mat 27:29, Mat 27:30.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The passage we have now read, is one of those which show us the infinite love of Christ toward sinners. The sufferings described in it would fill our minds with mingled horror and compassion, if they had been inflicted on one who was only a man like ourselves. But when we reflect that the sufferer was the eternal Son of God, we are lost in wonder and amazement.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔτυπτον	etupton	they were striking	G5180 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	His	G846 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
καλάμῳ	kalamō	with a reed	G2563 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐνέπτυον	eneptuon	were spitting	G1716 →
αὐτῷ,	autō	on Him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τιθέντες	tithentes	bending	G5087 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
γόνατα	gonata	knees	G1119 →
προσεκύνουν	prosekunoun	they were kneeling down	G4352 →
αὐτῷ.	autō	to Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 9:12
He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
leads to
- Isaiah 50:6
  I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:1–12
  Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Isaiah 52:14
  Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Luke 1:16–17
  Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
Through
1 Kings 19:18
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
leads to
- Romans 11:4–5
  And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- Isaiah 1:9
  Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 10:20–22
  On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark