Matthew 27:27-44

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.

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.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

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

33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

36 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads

40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

Cross References

• 1. John 18:28,33; John 19:9
• 2. John 19:2
• 3. Isaiah 53:3; John 19:2,3
• 4. S Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:67
• 5. Isaiah 53:7
• 6. Hebrews 13:12
• 7. Acts 2:10; Acts 6:9; Acts 11:20; Acts 13:1
• 8. Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26
• 9. John 19:17
• 10. ver 48; Psalms 69:21
• 11. Psalms 22:18
• 12. ver 54
• 13. Isaiah 53:12
• 14. Psalms 22:7; Psalms 109:25; Lamentations 2:15
• 15. Matthew 26:61; S John 2:19
• 16. ver 42
• 17. Matthew 4:3,6
• 18. John 1:49; John 12:13
• 19. S John 3:15
• 20. Psalms 22:8