The Soldiers Hurt Jesus

Mark 15:16-20

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.