Paragraph 19:1–3
The Roman soldiers whipped and mocked Jesus.
19:1
Then: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Then introduces the next event in the story. It also indicates a return to the main story after the parenthetical information at the end of 18:40. Indicate the next event and a return to main story after parenthetical information in a natural way in your language.
Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged: The Greek text more literally says, “Pilate took Jesus and flogged (whipped) him.” It implies, however, that Pilate ordered his soldiers to take Jesus away and flog him, and that they obeyed him. (See 19:2–3 where the soldiers are the ones doing things to Jesus.) Also, in some languages it is more natural to leave the verb took implicit. For example:
Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped. (New Century Version)
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Then Pilate ⌊made his soldiers⌋ whip Jesus.
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Pilate ⌊gave orders⌋ that Jesus be beaten with a whip, ⌊orders⌋ which were obeyed.
See the General Comment on 19:1 for a suggestion on how to translate this clause using direct speech.
flogged: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates as flogged means “beaten with a whip.” Jesus had prophesied that this would happen. See Matthew 20:19, Mark 10:34, and Luke 18:33, where the same Greek verb is used. Use the same expression to translate this word in all these verses so it is clear that the prophecy was fulfilled. For example:
whipped (God’s Word)
General Comment on 19:1
In some languages it may be more natural to translate 19:1 as direct speech. For example:
Then Pilate commanded ⌊his soldiers⌋ , “Take Jesus away and flog/whip him.” And they did.
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