Mark 15:20 Meaning and Explanation
“And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.”
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Read Full Chapter →The mockery finished, the soldiers return Jesus' own clothes to him and lead him out to be crucified.
What Does Mark 15:20 Mean?
The game ends and the execution begins. The purple comes off, his own garments go back on, and the procession forms: Rome marched its condemned through public streets to die outside the city, a warning to all who watched.
He goes out not in royal costume but in the clothes of an ordinary man, because it is as one of us that he dies. Step by willing step he passes through the gate, and the letter to the Hebrews hears the echo: Jesus suffered without the gate, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood (Hebrews 13:12). The road out of the city, in the design of God, is the road that opens the city of God to all.
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What does Mark 15:20 mean?
The mockery finished, the soldiers return Jesus' own clothes to him and lead him out to be crucified.