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Matthew 27:27
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Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company around him.
Then the souldiers of the Gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered vnto him the whole band of souldiers.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort to Him.
The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and they all gathered around him.
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.
Then when the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
The governor's soldiers led Jesus into the fortress and brought together the rest of the troops.
The governor's soldiers took Yeshua into the headquarters building, and the whole battalion gathered around him.
Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,
Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace. All the soldiers gathered around him.
Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and the whole company gathered around him.
Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered around him.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort to him.
Then taking Jesus into the praetorium, the soldiers of the governor gathered all the cohort against Him.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.
Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.
Then the governor's soldiers took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and gathered to him the whole cohort.
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarterspraetorium">[fn] and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.Mark 15:15; John 19:2;">[xr]
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jeshu to the Praetorium, and the whole cohort gathered against him.
Then the soldiers of the president took Jesus into the Praetorium, and assembled the whole regiment against him.
Then the souldiours of the deputie toke Iesus in the common hall, and gathered vnto hym all the bande [of souldiours.]
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace, and gathered unto him the whole band.
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered to him the whole cohort.
Then the soldiers of the governour, taking Jesus into the common hall, gathered to him the whole troop.
Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.
Thanne knyytis of the iustice token Jhesu in the moot halle, and gadriden to hym al the cumpeny `of knyytis.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered to him the whole battalion.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered to him the whole band [of soldiers].
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.
Mark 15:16-20">[xr] Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him.
Some of the governor's soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called out the entire regiment.
Then the soldiers of Pilate took Jesus into a large room. A big group of soldiers gathered around Him.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole cohort around him.
Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus aside into the judgment-hall, gathered unto him all the band;
Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
Then the soudeours of the debite toke Iesus vnto the comen hall and gaddered vnto him all the company.
then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
Then the debites soudyers toke Iesus, in to the comon hall, and gathered the whole multitude ouer him,
after this the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered all the foot-guards about him.
The soldiers assigned to the governor took Jesus into the governor's palace and got the entire brigade together for some fun. They stripped him and dressed him in a red toga. They plaited a crown from branches of a thornbush and set it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand for a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mocking reverence: "Bravo, King of the Jews!" they said. "Bravo!" Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick. When they had had their fun, they took off the toga and put his own clothes back on him. Then they proceeded out to the crucifixion.
Pilate's men took Jesus and put about two hundred armed guards around him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
common hall: or, governor's house, Mark 15:16, John 18:28, John 18:33, John 19:8, John 19:9, Acts 23:35, Gr
band: John 18:3, Acts 10:1, Acts 27:1
Reciprocal: Psalms 35:15 - the abjects Matthew 20:19 - to mock Mark 10:34 - mock Luke 23:11 - set John 19:2 - the soldiers Hebrews 12:2 - despising
Cross-References
And Isaac sows in that land, and finds in that year a hundredfold, and YHWH blesses him;
and Rebekah has spoken to her son Jacob, saying, "Behold, I have heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,
Bring game for me, and make tasteful things for me, and I eat, and bless you before YHWH before my death.
And Jacob says to his mother Rebekah, "Behold, my brother Esau [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man,
it may be my father feels me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought on me disapproval, and not a blessing";
and his mother says to him, "On me your disapproval, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, take for me."
And he goes, and takes, and brings to his mother, and his mother makes tasteful things, [such] as his father has loved;
Its ridges have been filled, || Its furrow has been deepened, || You soften it with showers, || Its springing up You bless.
The fig tree has ripened her green figs, || And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, || Rise, come, my friend, my beautiful one, indeed, come away.
For the earth, having drunk in the rain coming on it many times, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom it is also dressed, partakes of blessing from God,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the soldiers of the governor,.... Those that were about him, his attendants and guards,
took Jesus into the common hall; the "praetorium", or judgment hall, as it is sometimes called; the governor's palace, into which the Jews would not enter, lest they should defile themselves: Pilate therefore came out to them, and went into the pavement called Gabbatha, and sat upon a judgment seat there; see John 18:28, where he passed sentence on Christ; which being done, the soldiers took him into the hall of judgment; which being both magnificent and large, was fit for the scene they intended to act there. Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads it, they took him "in the house of judgment"; and the Ethiopic version renders it, "out of the court of judicature"; both wrong.
And gathered unto him whole band [of soldiers]; the same that Judas had with him to take him, consisting of five hundred, and some say more: these their fellow soldiers, to whom Jesus was committed, got together to him, or "against him", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, make themselves sport and diversion with him. Think in what hands and company our dear Lord now was: now was he encompassed with dogs, and enclosed with the assembly of the wicked indeed; see
Psalms 22:16. The Persic version renders it, "multitudes of knaves being gathered together to him".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See also Mark 15:15-20; John 19:1-3.
Matthew 27:27
Into the common hall - The original word here means, rather, the governorâs palace or dwelling.
The trial of Jesus had taken place outside of the palace. The Jews would not enter in John 18:28, and it is probable that courts were held often in a larger and more public place than would be a room in his dwelling. Jesus, being condemned, was led by the soldiers away from the Jews âwithinâ the palace, and subjected there to their profane mockery and sport.
The whole band - The âbandâ or cohort was a tenth part of a Roman legion, and consisted of from 400 to 600 men, according to the size of the legion. Compare the notes at Matthew 8:29.
Matthew 27:28
And they stripped him - That is, they either took off all his upper garments or removed all his clothing, probably the former.
A scarlet robe - Mark says they clothed him in âpurple.â The âscarletâ color was obtained from a species of fruit; âpurpleâ from shell-fish.
See the notes at Isaiah 1:18. The ancients gave the name âpurpleâ to any color that had a mixture of âredâ in it, and consequently these different colors might be sometimes called by the same name. The ârobeâ used here was the same kind worn by Roman generals and other distinguished officers of the Roman army, and also by the Roman governors. It was made so as to be placed on the shoulders, and was bound around the body so as to leave the right arm at liberty. As we cannot suppose that Pilate would array him in a new and splendid robe, we must suppose that this was one which had been worn and cast off as useless, and was now used to array the Son of God as an object of ridicule and scorn.
Matthew 27:29
Had platted - The word âplattedâ here means âwoven together.â They made a âwreathâ of a thorn-bush.
A crown - Or perhaps, rather, a wreath.
A crown was worn by kings, commonly made of gold and precious stones. To ridicule the pretensions of Jesus that he was a king, they probably plucked up a thornbush growing near, made it into something resembling in shape a royal crown, so as to correspond with the old purple robe, and to complete the mockery.
Of thorns - What was the precise species of shrub denoted here is not certainly known. It was, however, doubtless, one of that species that has sharp points of very hard wood. They could therefore be easily pressed into the slain and cause considerable pain. Probably they seized upon the first thing in their way that could be made into a crown, and this happened to be a âthorn,â thus increasing the sufferings of the Redeemer. Palestine abounds with thorny shrubs and plants. âThe traveler finds them in his path, go where he may. Many of them are small, but some grow as high as a manâs head. The Rabbinical writers say that there are no less than 22 words in the Hebrew Bible denoting thorny and prickly plants.â Professorâs Hackettâs Illustrations of Scripture, p. 135. Compare Proverbs 24:30-31; Proverbs 15:19; Jeremiah 4:3.
And a reed in his right hand - A reed is a straight, slender herb, growing in marshy places, and abundant on the banks of the Jordan. It was often used for the purpose of making staves for walking, and it is not improbable that this was such a staff in the possession of some person present. The word is several times thus used. See 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 29:6. Kings commonly carried a âsceptre,â made of ivory or gold, as a sign of their office or rank, Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4. This âreedâ or âstaffâ they put in his hand, in imitation of a âsceptre,â to deride, also, his pretensions of being a king.
And they bowed the knee - This was done for mockery. It was an act of pretended homage. It was to ridicule his saying that he was a king. The common mode of showing respect or homage for kings was by kneeling or prostration. It shows amazing forbearance on the part of Jesus that he thus consented to be ridiculed and set at naught. No mere human being would have borne it. None but he who loved us unto death, and who saw the grand results that would come from this scene of sufferings, could have endured such mockery.
Hail, King of the Jews! - The term âhailâ was a common mode of salutation to a king, or even to a friend. It implies, commonly, the highest respect for office as well as the person, and is an invocation of blessings. Here it was used to carry on what they thought to be the farce of his being a king; to ridicule in every possible way the pretensions of a poor, unattended, unarmed man of Nazareth, as if he was a weak impostor or was deranged.
Matthew 27:30
And they spit upon him - This was a token of the deepest contempt and insult.
See the notes at Matthew 26:67.
And took the reed - The cane, probably so large as to inflict a heavy blow.
And smote him on the head - Not merely to injure him by the force of the blow, but to press the âthornsâ into his head, and thus to add cruelty to insult.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 27:27. The common hall — Or, praetorium. Called so from the praetor, a principal magistrate among the Romans, whose business it was to administer justice in the absence of the consul. This place night be termed in English the court house, or common hall.
