Mark 15:15
15Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, ▼▼ Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
after he had Jesus flogged, ▼ ▼▼ A Roman flogging (traditionally, “scourging”) was an excruciating punishment. The victim was stripped of his clothes and bound to a post with his hands fastened above him (or sometimes he was thrown to the ground). Guards standing on either side of the victim would incessantly beat him with a whip (flagellum) made out of leather with pieces of lead and bone inserted into its ends. While the Jews only allowed 39 lashes, the Romans had no such limit; many people who received such a beating died as a result. See C. Schneider, TDNT, 4:515–19.
he handed him over ▼▼ Or “delivered him up.”
to be crucified.
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