Mark 15:16

Jesus is Mocked

15:16 So ¹  the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) ²  and called together the whole cohort. ³ 

Mark 14:54

14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ⁴  was sitting with the guards ⁵  and warming himself by the fire.

[15:16]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the soldiers’ action is in response to Pilate’s condemnation of the prisoner in v. 15.

[15:16]  ² tn Grk “(that is, the praetorium).”

[15:16]  ³ sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.

[14:54]  ⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:54]  ⁵ sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.