Mark 15:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμῳ, καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ, καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And they-etypton of-him the kephalēn with-kalamō, and they-eneptyion on-him, and tithentes the gonata they-prosekyoun to-him.

Grammar Details

• *etypton*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - they were striking/beating
• *kephalēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - head
• *kalamō*: noun, dative, masculine, singular - reed/staff
• *eneptyion*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - they were spitting on
• *tithentes*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, plural - placing/bending
• *gonata*: noun, accusative, neuter, plural - knees
• *prosekyoun*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - they were worshiping/kneeling before

Word Meanings

• *etypton*: were striking/were beating/were hitting
• *kephalēn*: head
• *kalamō*: reed/staff/stick
• *eneptyion*: were spitting on/were spitting at
• *tithentes*: placing/bending/setting
• *gonata*: knees
• *prosekyoun*: were worshiping/were kneeling before/were paying homage (in mockery)

Referenced Verses

• Mark 14:65 : 65 And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.
• Luke 18:32-33 : 32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame: 33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
• Luke 22:63 : 63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
• Luke 23:11 : 11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
• Luke 23:36 : 36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,
• Rom 11:4 : 4 But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
• Rom 14:10-11 : 10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge. 11 For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
• Heb 12:2-3 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power. 3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
• Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
• Gen 24:52 : 52 And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.
• Gen 43:28 : 28 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
• 1 Kgs 19:18 : 18 But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.
• Esth 3:2-5 : 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour. 3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order? 4 Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.
• Job 13:9 : 9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?
• Job 30:8-9 : 8 They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land. 9 And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them. 10 I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me. 11 For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me. 12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:
• Ps 22:6-7 : 6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people. 7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
• Ps 35:15-17 : 15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me. 16 Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me. 17 Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.
• Ps 69:12 : 12 I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.
• Ps 69:19-20 : 19 You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you. 20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
• Isa 49:7 : 7 The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
• Isa 50:6 : 6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
• Isa 52:14 : 14 As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
• Isa 53:3-5 : 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him. 4 But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come. 5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
• Matt 20:18-19 : 18 See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death, 19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.
• Mark 9:12 : 12 And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?
• Mark 10:34 : 34 And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.