Matthew 27:31
And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head.
32And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.
Cross References
Numbers 15:35And the Lord said to Moses: Let that man die, let all the multitude stone him without the camp.
1 Kings 21:13And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people, saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king: wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.
Matthew 20:19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.
John 19:16Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him forth.
Acts 7:58And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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 →