Mark 15 · Verse 16

Mark 15:16

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.
Mark 15:16, King James Version

Mark 15:16 in other translations

BSBThen the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
WEBThe soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
ASVAnd the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band.
YLTAnd the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,
DARBYAnd the soldiers led him away into the court which is called the praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
BBEAnd the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.
WebsterAnd the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band;

What does Mark 15:16 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 16. Called Praetorium. The hall of the praetor, or Roman governor, where he sat to administer justice.

Whole band. Mt 27:27.

(b) "the soldiers" Mt 27:27, Jn 18:28,33, 19:9

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:15-21

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…

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Mark 15:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΟἱHoi<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
στρατιῶταιstratiōtaithe soldiersG4757
ἀπήγαγονapēgagonled awayG520
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
ἔσωesōintoG2080
τῆςtēstheG3588
αὐλῆς,aulēspalace,G833
ὅhothatG3739
ἐστινestinisG1510
πραιτώριον,praitōrion[the] Praetorium,G4232
καὶkaiandG2532
συγκαλοῦσινsugkalousinthey call togetherG4779
ὅληνholēnallG3650
τὴνtēntheG3588
σπεῖρανspeirancohortG4686

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Cross references for Mark 15:16

  • Matthew 27:27-31

    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. …

  • John 19:9

    And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

  • Matthew 26:3

    Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

  • Acts 10:1

    There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

  • John 18:33

    Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the soldiers.
Mt 27:27
Praetorium.[Praitorion ,] in Latin, {praetorium,} was properly the tent or house of the {praetor,} a military, and sometimes a civil officer.
Joh 18:28; 19:9

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Context

  • Mark 15:15

    And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

  • Mark 15:16

    And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.

  • Mark 15:17

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

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Mark 15:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces los soldados le llevaron dentro de la sala, es á saber, al Pretorio; y convocan toda la cohorte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les soldats l’emmenèrent dans la cour, qui est le prétoire. Et ils assemblent toute la cohorte;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Kriegsknechte aber führten ihn in den Hof hinein, das ist das Prätorium; und sie rufen die ganze Schar zusammen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Milites autem duxerunt eum in atrium prætorii, et convocant totam cohortem,