The mockery by the Roman soldiers was not only what might be expected of men who kept order by force in a conquered country but was understood by Mark as fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 52: 14, 53:3-7.

 

Jesus is mocked

Jesus was the King of the Jews in a sense that his accusers and tormentors could not understand, but he accepted the evil that was inflicted on him so that his redemptive work might be brought to a finish.