The Soldiers Mock Jesus(A)

27 (B)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the [a]Praetorium and gathered the whole [b]garrison around Him. 28 And they (C)stripped Him and (D)put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 (E)When they had [c]twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 Then (F)they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

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  1. Matthew 27:27 The governor’s headquarters
  2. Matthew 27:27 cohort
  3. Matthew 27:29 Lit. woven

Jesus Is Mocked

27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into [a]the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.(A) 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet [b]robe on Him [as a king’s robe]. 29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand [as a scepter]. Kneeling before Him, they ridiculed Him, saying, “Hail (rejoice), King of the Jews!” 30 They spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him repeatedly on the head.

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  1. Matthew 27:27 The official residence of a governor of a Roman province.
  2. Matthew 27:28 A ranking Roman officer’s outer cloak.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

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

29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

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

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The Soldiers Mock Jesus(A)

16 (B)Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called [a]Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison. 17 And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head, 18 and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 Then they (C)struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.

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  1. Mark 15:16 The governor’s headquarters

Jesus Is Mocked

16 The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the [a]Praetorium), and they called together the entire [Roman] battalion [of 600 soldiers].(A) 17 They dressed Him up in [a ranking Roman officer’s robe of] purple, and after twisting [together] a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him; 18 and they began saluting and mocking Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 They kept beating Him on the head with a [b]reed and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing in [mock] homage to Him.(B)

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  1. Mark 15:16 The residence of the Roman provincial governor.
  2. Mark 15:19 I.e. a long bamboo-like stick.

16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

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14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His (A)visage[a] was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;

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  1. Isaiah 52:14 appearance

14 
Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form [marred] more than the sons of men.

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14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

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