“And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:17 Purple - As royal robes were usually purple and scarlet, St. Mark and John term this a purple robe, St. Matthew a scarlet one. The Tyrian purple is said not to have been very different from scarlet.
15:20 #Mt 27:31|; John 19:16.
15:21 The father of Alexander and Rufus - These were afterward two eminent Christians, and must have been well known when St. Mark wrote.