Matthew 27:27-31

Jesus Is Mocked

27 ¹Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ²governor’s headquarters, ^[a] and they gathered the whole ³battalion^[b] before him.

28 And they stripped him and put ⁴a scarlet robe on him,

29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they ⁵mocked him, saying, “Hail, ⁶King of the Jews! ”

30 And ⁷they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and ⁸led him away to crucify him.

Cross References

• 1. 27:27 For ver. 27-31, see Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2, 3
• 2. 27:27 John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)
• 3. 27:27 See Acts 10:1 (Gk.)
• 4. 27:28 Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
• 5. 27:29 ch. 20:19
• 6. 27:29 See ver. 11
• 7. 27:30 See ch. 26:67
• 8. 27:31 Isa. 53:7

Footnotes

• [a] 27:27 Greek 'the praetorium'
• [b] 27:27 Greek 'cohort'; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men