MARK 15:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They took turns whacking his head with a stick and spitting on him, while others knelt down in front of him and pretended to be bowing to him.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him, and bending the knee, they were bowing down to him.

UST They struck his head again and again with a heavy reed, and they spat on him. They knelt down in front of him to pretend to honor him.

BSB § They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

BLB And they kept striking His head with a reed and spitting on Him; and bending the knees, they were kneeling down to Him.

AICNT And they struck his head with a reed and spat on him and, kneeling down, they paid homage to him.

OEB And they kept striking him on the head with a rod, spitting at him, and bowing to the ground before him – going down on their knees;

WEBBE They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

LSV And they were striking Him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on Him, and having bent the knee, were prostrating to Him,

FBV They repeatedly beat him around the head with a rod, spat at him, and fell on their knees before him as if in worship.

TCNT They kept beating him on the head with a reed, spitting on him, and bending down on their knees to pay homage to him.

T4T They repeatedly struck his head with a reed and spat on him. By kneeling down, they pretended to honor him.

LEB And they repeatedly struck[fn] him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down[fn] and[fn] did obeisance to him.

15:19 The imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)

15:19 Literally “bending the knees”

15:19 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

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Wymth Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.

ASV And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

DRA And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.

YLT And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,

Drby And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.

RV And they smote his head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

Wbstr And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshiped him.

KJB-1769 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

KJB-1611 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit vpon him, and bowing their knees, worshipped him.
(And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshipped him.)

Bshps And they smote hym on the head with a reede, & did spit vpon him, and bowed their knees, and worshipped hym.
(And they smote him on the head with a reede, and did spit upon him, and bowed their knees, and worshipped him.)

Gnva And they smote him on the head with a reede, and spat vpon him, and bowed the knees, and did him reuerence.
(And they smote him on the head with a reede, and spat upon him, and bowed the knees, and did him reverence. )

Cvdl And smote him vpon the heade with a rede, and spytted vpo him, and fell vpo the kne, & worshipped him.
(And smote him upon the head with a rede, and spytted upo him, and fell upo the kne, and worshipped him.)

TNT And they smoote him on the heed with a rede and spat apon him and kneled doune and worsheped him.
(And they smoote him on the head with a rede and spat upon him and kneled down and worsheped him. )

Wyc And thei smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten hym; and thei kneliden, and worschipiden hym.
(And they smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten him; and they kneliden, and worshippedn him.)

Luth Und schlugen ihm das Haupt mit dem Rohr und verspeieten ihn und fielen auf die Kniee und beteten ihn an.
(And hit/beat him the head with to_him Rohr and verspeieten him/it and fell on the Kniee and beteten him/it an.)

ClVg Et percutiebant caput ejus arundine: et conspuebant eum, et ponentes genua, adorabant eum.[fn]
(And percutiebant caput his arundine: and conspuebant him, and ponentes genua, adorabant him. )

15.19 Et percutiebant, etc. Caput Christi Deus est. Caput ergo Christi percutiunt qui eum denegant esse Deum. Et qui Scripturæ auctoritate errorem suum defendunt (quia scriptura arundine solet fieri), quasi arundine caput ejus feriunt. In faciem ejus spuunt qui præsentiam gratiæ ejus exsecrandis verbis ex interna cæcæ mentis insania conceptis respuunt, et eum in carne venisse negant. Adorabant eum. Quasi falso se dixisset Deum. Sed hodie (quod est gravioris insaniæ) quidam eum certa fide ut Deum verum adorant, sed perversis actibus mox verba ejus quasi fabulosa despiciunt, ac promissa regni illius temporalibus illecebris postponunt. Et educunt illum. HIER. Hic educitur Abel in agrum a fratre ut perimatur. Hic adest Isaac, etc., usque ad hic adest Jonas de ligno navis foris et in mare ventremque ceti triduo missus.

15.19 And percutiebant, etc. Caput of_Christ God it_is. Caput therefore of_Christ percutiunt who him denegant esse God. And who Scripturæ auctoritate errorem his_own defendunt (because scriptura arundine solet fieri), as_if arundine caput his feriunt. In face his spuunt who præsentiam gratiæ his exsecrandis verbis from interna cæcæ mentis insania conceptis respuunt, and him in carne venisse negant. Adorabant him. Quasi falso se dixisset God. But hodie (that it_is gravioris insaniæ) quidam him certa fide as God verum adorant, but perversis actibus mox words his as_if fabulosa despiciunt, ac promissa regni illius temporalibus illecebris postponunt. And educunt illum. HIER. Hic educitur Abel in agrum from fratre as perimatur. Hic adest Isaac, etc., until to this adest Yonas about ligno navis foris and in the_sea ventremque ceti triduo missus.

UGNT καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ, καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ; καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα, προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ.
(kai etupton autou taʸn kefalaʸn kalamōi, kai eneptuon autōi; kai tithentes ta gonata, prosekunoun autōi.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ, καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ.
(kai etupton autou taʸn kefalaʸn kalamōi kai eneptuon autōi, kai tithentes ta gonata prosekunoun autōi.)

TC-GNT καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ, καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ, καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ.
(kai etupton autou taʸn kefalaʸn kalamōi, kai eneptuon autōi, kai tithentes ta gonata prosekunoun autōi. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ

˱they˲_/were/_spitting ˱on˲_him

In Jesus’ culture, people would spit on someone to insult that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain what this action means. Alternate translation: “spitting on him to dishonor him”

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα, προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ

kneeling the knees ˱they˲_/were/_prostrating ˱before˲_him

In Jesus’ culture, bending the knee and bowing before someone was a way to respect a greater person, especially when asking the greater person to do a favor. Here, the soldiers perform this action to mock Jesus by pretending that he is a king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to a similar action from your culture, or you could explain what kneeling means. Alternate translation: “they were prostrating themselves before him” or “they were kneeling down before him as if he were a king”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα, προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ

kneeling the knees ˱they˲_/were/_prostrating ˱before˲_him

The phrases bending the knee and bowing down mean similar things. Mark is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “they were bowing down low to him” or “they were formally bending the knee to him”

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