Mark 15:16 — Community Reflections

MARK 15:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

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

The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers — the Praetorium is the Roman governor's headquarters, probably Herod the Great's palace in Jerusalem during the festival. The whole company of soldiers communicates an audience: the mockery of the king of the Jews is performed before the full assembled cohort.

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The character of God — Mark 15

I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, a...