Christ in Mark’s *Gospel
An EasyEnglish Bible Commentary (1200 word vocabulary) on the Gospel of Mark
Keith Simons
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Last part: Jesus and Pilate
Verses 16-20
Soldiers usually did cruel things to a man before they killed him. Here, they chose carefully how they would hurt Jesus. People said that he was the king of the *Jews. So the soldiers did the kind of things that they would do for a king. But they did those things in a cruel way.
They made a crown for Jesus. A crown is the beautiful hat that a king wears. But Jesus’ crown was not beautiful. The soldiers had made it out of sharp branches that cut Jesus’ head. It caused him to bleed.
A king would carry a long stick. The soldiers chose a stick for Jesus. But they used it to hit him on the head.
The soldiers did many things like that. They caused Jesus a lot of pain. They laughed because they had hurt him.
Then they led Jesus out of the city. They would kill him at a place called Golgotha. The same place is sometimes called Calvary.
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