Matthew 27:30

30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.

Matthew 27:30 in Other Translations

30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

30 And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.

30 Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick.

30 Then they spit at Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head.

Matthew 27:30 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:30

And they spit upon him
The Syriac and Persic versions add, "upon his face", which he did not hide from spitting; see ( Isaiah 1:6 ) , and so what with sweat, by being hurried from place to place, and with blood trickling down from his temples, scratched with thorns, and with the spittle of these filthy soldiers, his visage was more marred than any man's, and his form than the sons of men, ( Isaiah 52:14 ) .

And took the reed,
or "cane", which was put into his right hand,

and smote him on the head;
whereby they drove the sharp points of the thorns into it, which must give him inexpressible pain and torture.

Matthew 27:30 In-Context

28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,

29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.

30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.

31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:67