Matthew 27:28

Literal Standard Version

and having unclothed Him, they put a crimson cloak around Him,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.

King James Version (1611)
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

King James Version
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

English Standard Version
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,

New American Standard Bible
And they stripped Him and put a red cloak on Him.

New Century Version
They took off his clothes and put a red robe on him.

Amplified Bible
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on Him [as a king's robe].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Berean Standard Bible
They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Contemporary English Version
They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.

Complete Jewish Bible
They stripped off his clothes and put on him a scarlet robe,

Darby Translation
and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;

Easy-to-Read Version
They took off Jesus' clothes and put a red robe on him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they stripped him, and put about him a skarlet robe,

George Lamsa Translation
And they removed his clothes and put on him a scarlet robe.

Good News Translation
They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.

Lexham English Bible
And they stripped him and put a scarlet military cloak around him,

Literal Translation
And stripping Him, they put a scarlet cloak around Him.

American Standard Version
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Bible in Basic English
And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.

Hebrew Names Version
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

International Standard Version
They strippedclothed">[fn] him and put a scarlet robe on him.Luke 23:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they stripped him, and invested him with a cloak of crimson.

Murdock Translation
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet military cloak.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they stripped hym, and put on hym a skarlet robe:

English Revised Version
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

World English Bible
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe,

Weymouth's New Testament
Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei vnclothiden hym, and diden aboute hym a reed mantil;

Update Bible Version
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

New English Translation
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

New King James Version
And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

New Living Translation
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.

New Life Bible
They took off His clothes and put a purple coat on Him.

New Revised Standard
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, unclothing him, a scarlet scarf, put they about him, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.

Revised Standard Version
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe

Young's Literal Translation
and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and stryped him out of his clothes, and put a purple robe vpo him,

Mace New Testament (1729)
and having stripp'd him, they put on him a scarlet robe.

Simplified Cowboy Version
They stripped him out of his jeans and shirt and slung a purple horse blanket around him like a robe.

Contextual Overview

²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [Him] up that He may be crucified; ²⁷then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, gathered to Him all the band; ²⁸and having unclothed Him, they put a crimson cloak around Him,²⁹and having plaited Him a garland out of thorns they put [it] on His head, and [put] a reed in His right hand, and having kneeled before Him, they were mocking Him, saying, "Hail, the King of the Jews!" ³⁰And having spit on Him, they took the reed, and were striking on His head; ³¹and when they had mocked Him, they took off the cloak from Him, and put His own garments on Him, and led Him away to crucify [Him]. ³²And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: they impressed him that he might carry His cross;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stripped: Mark 15:17, Luke 23:11, John 19:2-5

a scarlet robe: Mark calls it a purple robe; but by נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209] is denoted whatever is of a dazzling red; and the words ךןךךיםןם [Strong's G2847], scarlet, and נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209], purple, are not infrequently interchanged.

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:23 - General Judges 14:12 - sheets Isaiah 3:5 - base Matthew 26:68 - thou Luke 18:32 - mocked Luke 22:63 - mocked Hebrews 9:19 - scarlet

Cross-References

Genesis 27:5
And Rebekah is listening while Isaac is speaking to his son Esau; and Esau goes to the field to hunt game—to bring in;

Genesis 27:7
Bring game for me, and make tasteful things for me, and I eat, and bless you before YHWH before my death.

Genesis 27:9
Now go to the flock, and take for me two good kids of the goats from there, and I make them tasteful things for your father, [such] as he has loved;

Genesis 27:11
And Jacob says to his mother Rebekah, "Behold, my brother Esau [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man,

Genesis 27:12
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";

Genesis 27:13
and his mother says to him, "On me your disapproval, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, take for me."

Genesis 27:39
And his father Isaac answers and says to him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth is your dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;

Genesis 45:18
and take your father, and your households, and come to me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and you eat the fat of the land.

Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he gives delicacies of a king.

Numbers 13:20
And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and you have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land"; now the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they stripped him,.... Of his clothes; at least of his upper garment: for one man to spit upon another, as these soldiers afterwards did on Christ, or to strip him of his garment, according to the Jewish canons, were punishable with a fine of four hundred pence z, which amounted to twelve pounds and ten shillings of our money; but the soldiers were in no danger of being prosecuted, for stripping Christ. This is one part of the low estate Christ submitted to: his clothes on his back seem to be all he had in this world, and of these he is stripped:

and put on him a scarlet robe, or "a red coat", as the Persic version renders it; very likely an old coat of one of their officers. The Evangelists Mark and John say it was "purple",

Mark 15:17, and so the Arabic version renders it here: whether there were two garments put upon him, the one a purple vest, and the other a scarlet robe over it; or whether scarlet was used instead of purple, is not certain; which was a colour wore by kings, and a sign of imperial dignity a; and therefore put upon Christ by way of mockery, upbraiding him with the character he bore, as king of the Jews. This was an emblem of his being clothed, as it were with our sins, which are as scarlet, and of his bloody sufferings in the human nature.

z Misn. Bava Kama, c. 8. sect. 6. a Alexander ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 28.

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 governor’s 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 “within” the palace, and subjected there to their profane mockery and sport.

The whole band - The “band” 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 “purple.” The “scarlet” color was obtained from a species of fruit; “purple” from shell-fish.

See the notes at Isaiah 1:18. The ancients gave the name “purple” to any color that had a mixture of “red” in it, and consequently these different colors might be sometimes called by the same name. The “robe” 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 “platted” here means “woven together.” They made a “wreath” 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 “thorn,” thus increasing the sufferings of the Redeemer. Palestine abounds with thorny shrubs and plants. “The traveler finds them in his path, go where he may. Many of them are small, but some grow as high as a man’s head. The Rabbinical writers say that there are no less than 22 words in the Hebrew Bible denoting thorny and prickly plants.” Professor’s Hackett’s 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 “sceptre,” made of ivory or gold, as a sign of their office or rank, Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4. This “reed” or “staff” they put in his hand, in imitation of a “sceptre,” 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 “hail” 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 “thorns” into his head, and thus to add cruelty to insult.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 27:28. Stripped him — Took off his mantle, or upper garment.

A scarlet robe — Or, according to Mark and John, a purple robe, such as emperors and kings wore.