Mark 15:17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With purple - Matthew says scarlet. See the notes at Matthew 27:28 . About his head - In the form of a garland or diadem. The whole head was...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head], (2) Christ going about to take away the sins of me...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Soldiers Mock Jesus. This narrative in its brief intensity is very poignant. Some scholars suggest that Jesus is treated like the central figure...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

purple . See Matthew 27:28 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head , And platted a crown of thorns - In the note on Matthew...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Trial Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1-15. Trial before Pilate ( Matthew 27:1 ; Matthew 27:11 ; Luke 23:1 ; Luke 23:13 ; John 18:28 ). See...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The mockery ( Matthew 27:27 ). See on Mt.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(15-21) And so Pilate, willing to content the people. — The word which St. Mark uses for “content” appears to be the Greek equivalent for the Latin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They clothed him with purple. — The colour is called “purple” by St. Mark and St. John, “crimson” by St. Matthew. The two words probably indicated...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 ( Mark 15:1-20 ) PILATE "And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Choice of the Multitude Mark 15:1-21 The hurried consultation of the evening was followed by the more formal meeting of the early morning;...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which att...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. (...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST’S HUMILIATION ‘Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified. And the soldiers … did spit upon Him.’ Mark 15:15-19...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they clothed him with purple ,.... Matthew calls it a "scarlet" robe; and the Persic version here renders it a "red garment": it was of a colour...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the soldiers led him away The soldiers, knowing that it was a Roman custom to scourge prisoners just before they were put to death, interpreted...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Insulted and Condemned. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Roman Justice (15:1-20). Mark's concern in this narrative is to bring out that there was not really any serious political charge against Jesus, an...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the soldiers led him away within the court which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band, and they clothe him with purple, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 15:16 . See R.V. Mark 15:17 . Render: And they invest Him with “a purple ”—the official robe of gs and rule...
Scofield Reference Notes

platted plaited.
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read again what we have often read before, that saddest of all stories which, nevertheless, is the fountain of the highest gladness,-the story...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 15:15-23 . And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be cru...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We will read two short passages from the Gospels this evening. May the blessed Spirit, who taught the Evangelists to record the sad story of our Lord...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 15:1 . Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. Συνεδριν, the whol...
The Biblical Illustrator

And they clothed Him with purple and platted a crown of thorns. Mock dignity Among the Babylonians and Persians it was customary on a certain f...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consulta...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Condemnation, Crucifixion, and Death of Jesus. The sentence and the mockery by the soldiers:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 19:2-5 ; Luke 23:11 ; Matthew 27:28-30
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Purple — As royal robes were usually purple and scarlet, St. Mark and John term this a purple robe, St. Matthew a scarlet one. The Tyrian purple is...

¹⁷ And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Related Commentaries of Mark 15:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mark 15:17