Matthew 27:30
And having spat upon him, they took the reed and were striking him on his head.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
In Context
Cross References
Job 30:8[They are] sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Micah 5:1Now thou shall gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Mark 15:19And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:27-33
Christ Scourged and Derided; Christ Mocked by the Soldiers. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King… Read the whole commentary →