Mark 15:18 Meaning and Explanation
“And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 15:18 Mean?
The soldiers ape the imperial acclamation, Hail, Caesar, and bend it into burlesque: Hail, King of the Jews. With robe, crown, and salute, the full ceremony of a royal court is performed as contempt.
Every word they jeer is true. He is the King, of the Jews and of the nations and of the soldiers themselves, though they cannot yet see it. Scripture is full of this irony, God writing truth with the pens of scoffers. A day is promised when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess (Philippians 2:10-11), and the acclamation will be in earnest. Until then the mocked King bears false homage with the patience he shows all sinners, and returns none of it in vengeance.
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What does Mark 15:18 mean?
The soldiers salute Jesus in mockery: Hail, King of the Jews.