Mark 15:16-18

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Jesus Is Mocked

¹⁶ The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the ^[a]Praetorium), and they called together the entire [Roman] battalion [of 600 soldiers].^{(A) 17} They dressed Him up in [a ranking Roman officer’s robe of] purple, and after twisting [together] a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him; ¹⁸ and they began saluting and mocking Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”