John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him." — Mark 15:20 (ASV)
And when they had mocked him
To their satisfaction, and had had enough of this sort of diversion:
they took off the purple from him ;
and so, in their way, unkinged him;
and put his own clothes on him :
both that he might be known to be the same person; and that the four soldiers, who had the charge of him, might have the perquisites of his clothes at his execution:
and led him out to crucify him :
they led him out of the "praetorium", or judgment hall, and through the city, without the gates of it, to the usual place of crucifixion; he bearing his own cross, when first led out.