What Does Mark 15:16 Mean in the King James?
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they call together the whole band.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The whole cohort gathers around one captive, making his humiliation a collective act of power.
THE MEANING
This verse places one person inside the machinery of authority while the entire group is summoned around him. The gathering turns custody into a collective scene, with responsibility spread across the crowd.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that cruelty belongs only to a lone aggressor: here, the whole cohort is summoned into the scene.
THE ROOT
συγκαλοῦσιν
synkalousin
GROWS FROM
καλέω
kaleō
to call, summon, or invite
“call together” in this verse is synkalousin. The Greek call-family includes ἐκκλησία (ekklesia), meaning “assembly.” Gathering is an act shaped by whatever summons it; here, the whole cohort is called into formation around a captive.
ALSO GROWS
klēsis: calling or summons
κλῆσις
This related word makes the summons inside “call together” visible: the cohort is actively convened.
ekklesia: assembly
ἐκκλησία
This call-family word for an assembly shows that gathering has a purpose; here, the summoned assembly is a cohort surrounding a captive.
THE PATTERN
Those who hold power can turn a gathering into a united front against the exposed one.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,THE THREAD
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,Mark shows the cohort gathered around Jesus in the place of authority; Acts names the wider powers gathered against him. The scene expands from one band in one hall to a convergence of rulers and peoples.
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