Markus 15:19-20

15:19 Again and again ¹  they struck him on the head with a staff ²  and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. 15:20 When they had finished mocking ³  him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then ⁴  they led him away to crucify him. ⁵ 

[15:19]  ¹ tn The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.

[15:19]  ² tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.

[15:20]  ³ tn The aorist tense is taken consummatively here.

[15:20]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:20]  ⁵ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.