Mark 15:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they dressed Him in [a] purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

Common English Bible

They dressed him up in a purple robe and twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him.

Mark 15:17 Cross References