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Matthew 27:27-31
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27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence[a] and gathered the whole cohort[b] around him. 28 They[c] stripped him and put a scarlet robe[d] around him, 29 and after braiding[e] a crown of thorns,[f] they put it on his head. They[g] put a staff[h] in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:[i] “Hail, king of the Jews!”[j] 30 They[k] spat on him and took the staff[l] and struck him repeatedly[m] on the head. 31 When[n] they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then[o] they led him away to crucify him.

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  1. Matthew 27:27 tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.” sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.
  2. Matthew 27:27 sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.
  3. Matthew 27:28 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  4. Matthew 27:28 sn The scarlet robe probably refers to a military garment that was cheaply dyed in contrast to expensive royal purple, but it resembled a king’s robe (BDAG 554 s.v. κόκκινος). The soldiers did this to Jesus as a form of mockery in view of the charges that he was a king.
  5. Matthew 27:29 tn Or “weaving.”
  6. Matthew 27:29 sn The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers were unwittingly symbolizing God’s curse on humanity (cf. Gen 3:18) being placed on Jesus. Their purpose would have been to mock Jesus’ claim to be a king; the crown of thorns would have represented the “radiant corona” portrayed on the heads of rulers on coins and other artifacts in the 1st century.
  7. Matthew 27:29 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  8. Matthew 27:29 tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.
  9. Matthew 27:29 tn Grk “they mocked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.
  10. Matthew 27:29 tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
  11. Matthew 27:30 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  12. Matthew 27:30 tn Or “the reed.”
  13. Matthew 27:30 tn The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.
  14. Matthew 27:31 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  15. Matthew 27:31 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
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Matthew 27:27-31
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Jesus Is Mocked

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s residence and[a] gathered the whole cohort to him. 28 And they stripped him and[b] put a scarlet military cloak around him, 29 and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it[c] on his head, and put[d] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 30 And they spat on him and[e] took the reed and repeatedly struck[f] him[g] on his head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the military cloak and put his own clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify him.[h]

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  1. Matthew 27:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 27:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stripped”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Matthew 27:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 27:29 This is an understood repetition of the verb from earlier in the verse
  5. Matthew 27:30 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“spat”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Matthew 27:30 The imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
  7. Matthew 27:30 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Matthew 27:31 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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