Matthew 27:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the ·governor’s palace [fortress; headquarters; ^LPraetorium], and ·they all gathered around him [or the whole regiment/company/cohort was assembled; ^Ca cohort was about five hundred soldiers; here it may mean those of the cohort on duty]. ²⁸ They ·took off his clothes [stripped him] and put a ·red [scarlet] robe on him [^Cprobably a scarlet military coat, whose color resembled purple, the color of royalty]. ²⁹ Using thorny branches, they made a crown, put it on his head, and put a ·stick [reed; staff] in his right hand [^Cas a scepter]. Then the soldiers ·bowed [kneeled] before Jesus and ·made fun of [mocked] him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”