Mark 15:15-23
New American Standard Bible
16Now the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.
17And they *dressed Him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
18and they began saluting Him: 'Hail, King of the Jews!'
19And they repeatedly beat His head with a reed and spit on Him, and kneeling, they bowed down before Him.
20And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple cloak off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.
King James Version
16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
18And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Christian Standard Bible
16The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence ) and called the whole company together.
17They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on him.
18And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
19They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage.
New Living Translation
16The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.
17They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
18Then they saluted him and taunted, 'Hail! King of the Jews!'
19And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
20When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
21A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)
22And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means 'Place of the Skull').
23They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.
English Standard Version
16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor 's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.
20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
New International Version
16The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.
17They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
18And they began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!"
19Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
22They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").
23Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
New King James Version
16Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison.
17And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head,
18and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.
20And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
21Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross.
22And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
23Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.