Mar 15:16-19 | ESV | STEP | And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is , the governor’s headquarters ), and they called together the whole battalion .

‏ Mark 15:16-19

Jesus Is Mocked

16 ^aAnd the soldiers led him away inside ^bthe palace (that is, ^cthe governor’s headquarters), ^{▼▼Greek the praetorium} and they called together the whole ^ebattalion. ^{▼▼Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men} 17 And they clothed him in ^ga purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, ^h“Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ⁱspitting on him and ^jkneeling down in homage to him.