Mark 15:15

15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, ¹  after he had Jesus flogged, ²  he handed him over ³  to be crucified.

Mark 15:20

15:20 When they had finished mocking ⁴  him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then ⁵  they led him away to crucify him. ⁶ 

[15:15]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:15]  ² tn The Greek term φραγελλόω (fragellow) refers to flogging. BDAG 1064 s.v. states, “flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion…Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15.”

[15:15]  ³ tn Or “delivered him up.”

[15:20]  ⁴ tn The aorist tense is taken consummatively here.

[15:20]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:20]  ⁶ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.