Mark 15:16

The soldiers took him away into the Praetorium courtyard, where they called out the whole battalion.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Wanting to please the mob, Pilate released Barabbas to them. First he had Jesus flogged and then handed him over to be crucified.

17They put royal purple robes on him and made a crown of thorns that they placed on him.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and the whole battalion surrounded him.

John 18:33Pilate went back into the governor's palace. He summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

Acts 10:1In Caesarea lived a man named Cornelius who was a Roman centurion of the Italian battalion.

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:16-22

Christ Insulted and Condemned. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees… Read the whole commentary →

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