Mar 15:15 | TNotes | STEP | 15:15 to pacify the crowd: To protect his job, Pilate ordered a completely innocent man to be crucified. • He ordered Jesus flogged: Flogging was preliminary to crucifixion. It was done with leather thongs tipped with metal, stone, or bone. This laceration of the flesh could itself bring death. Jesus’ prediction in 10:34 was now being fulfilled.

‏ Mark 15:15

15:15 ^a to pacify the crowd: To protect his job, Pilate ordered a completely innocent man to be crucified.

• He ordered Jesus flogged: Flogging was preliminary to crucifixion. It was done with leather thongs tipped with metal, stone, or bone. This laceration of the flesh could itself bring death. Jesus’ prediction in 10:34 ^b was now being fulfilled.