Matthew 27:30
+ 27:30. MP: Messiah is spat upon in his face. “I did not hide my face from. spitting”. (Is 50:6b) They spat on him, + 27:30. MP: Smitten “.They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a reed.” (Mic 5:1) and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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In The King James Version
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 50:6+ 50:6 a MP: Messiah’s back is whipped. “I gave my back to the smiters.” (John 19:1) I gave my back to those who beat me, 2 + 50:6. MP: Messiah’s face is beaten according to the Greek Septuagint translation. The Hebrew Masoretic text reads plucking out the beard. Note: In (2 Sam 10:4), plucking out the beard is a great insult. Both interpretations can be valid as prophecy. (Mark 14:65 with 2 Sam 10:4) and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. 2 + 50:6 b MP: Messiah is mocked to his face. “I did not hide my face from insult”. (Matt 26:67) I didn’t hide my face from insult + 50:6 b MP: Messiah is spat upon in his face. “I did not hide my face from. spitting”. (Matt 26:67, 27:30) and spitting. + 50:6. Quoted in Matt 26:67; Mark 10:34 1
Isaiah 53:3+ 53:3 a MP: Messiah is despised. (See also Ps 22:6b). (Luke 4:28-29; 23:21-25) He was despised, 2 + 53:3 b MP: Messiah is rejected by his own Jewish people, “we did not esteem him”. Yet (Is 49:6 and 60:1-3) says the Messiah’s light draws the Gentiles to Him. (Matt 12:24; Luke 23:10-19; John 1:11, 12:32; Acts 13:47-48) and rejected by men; 1 a man of suffering, + 53:3. Quoted in Luke 24:46 2 + 53:3 c MP: Messiah sympathizes with great sorrow and grief. (Luke 19:41-44; John 11:33-36; Heb 4:15) and acquainted with disease. 1 He was despised + 53:3 d MP: Men would hide their faces from Messiah. (Mark 14:50, 14:69-71) as one from whom men hide their face; 2 and we didn’t respect him. 1
Mark 15:19+ 15:19. MP: Smitten “.They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a reed.” (Mic 5:1) They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to 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 →