Mark 15:19

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.

Mark 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ³  put it on a stick, ⁴  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.

[15:36]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Grk “a reed.”