Mark 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 

Mark 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ⁶  put it on a stick, ⁷  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

[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.

[15:36]  ⁶ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

[15:36]  ⁷ tn Grk “a reed.”