Mat 27:27-31 | ESV | STEP | Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters , and they gathered the whole battalion before him .

aFor ver. 27-31, see Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2, 3

b John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)

dSee Acts 10:1 (Gk.)

f Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]

g ch. 20:19

hSee ver. 11

iSee ch. 26:67

j Isa. 53:7

‏ Matthew 27:27-31

Jesus Is Mocked

27 ^aThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^bgovernor’s headquarters, ^{▼▼Greek the praetorium} and they gathered the whole ^dbattalion ^{▼▼Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men} before him. 28 And they stripped him and put ^fa 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 ^gmocked him, saying, “Hail, ^hKing of the Jews!” 30 And ⁱthey 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 ^jled him away to crucify him.