And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors.
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This thought runs through Mark 15:15-19.
Glossary
- Bowing People
- A mode of showing respect. Abraham “bowed himself to the people of the land” ( Gen. 23:7 ); so Jacob to Esau ( Gen. 33:3 ); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land ( Gen. 43:28 ).