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

¹⁷ 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

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And they dressed Him in [a] purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They dressed him up in a purple robe and twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.

Mark 15:17 Cross References

Luke 23:11

Then Herod and his soldiers treated Jesus with contempt and mocked Him. They dressed Him in a luxurious robe and then sent Him back to Pilate.

Mark 15:16

Then the soldiers led Jesus away to the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters, where they assembled the entire battalion.

Mark 15:18

Then they began “greeting” Him with “Hey, king of the Jews!”