Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.
Mark 15:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then the soldiers led Jesus away to the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters, where they assembled the entire battalion. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the soldiers led Him away to the courtyard inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and they called the entire detachment of soldiers together. American Standard Version (1901) And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. Common English Bible The soldiers led Jesus away into the courtyard of the palace known as the governor’s headquarters, and they called together the whole company of soldiers. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace, and they called together the whole band: |
Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.
They placed a purple robe on Him [Note: Matt. 27:28 calls this a “scarlet” robe. In that day, any color with a mixture of “red” in it was often called “purple”], and making a wreath out of thorns, they placed it on His head.
Then, early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas to [Governor Pilate’s] headquarters. But the Jewish authorities would not enter it, because [if they had] they would have become ceremonially unclean, and could not eat the Passover meal. [Note: This was because they regarded a Gentile house as defiling].
So, Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus. He said to Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
The soldiers wove thorny twigs into a crown and placed it on His head and dressed Him in a purple robe.
and went back into the headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where did you come from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was [a military man] in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the “battalion of Italy.”