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Matthew 27:27-31 (Listen)

Jesus Is Mocked

27 gThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the hgovernor's headquarters,1 and they gathered the whole ibattalion2 before him. 28 And they stripped him and put ja scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they kmocked him, saying, “Hail, lKing of the Jews!” 30 And mthey spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and nled him away to crucify him.

Footnotes

[1] 27:27 Greek the praetorium
[2] 27:27 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

Matthew 27:39-43 (Listen)

39 And ythose who passed by zderided him, awagging their heads 40 and saying, b“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! cIf you are dthe Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 e“He saved others; fhe cannot save himself. gHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 hHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”