Matthew 27:27-31
Christian Standard Bible
Mocked by the Military
27 Then(A) the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company[a] around him.(B) 28 They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.(C) 29 They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on him, took the staff, and kept hitting him on the head. 31 After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.(D)
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- 27:27 Lit cohort
Matthew 27:27-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,[a] and they gathered the whole cohort around him.(A) 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and after twisting some thorns into a crown they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”(B) 30 They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.(C) 31 After mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.(D)
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- 27.27 Gk the praetorium
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