Matthew 27:29
They took some branches with thorns and wove them to make a crown and put it on his head. They put in his right hand a reed like a staff that a king would hold. Then they knelt in front of him and made fun of him, saying, “Hooray for the king of the Jews [IRO]!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
28They pulled off his clothes, and pretending he was a king, they put a purple robe on him.
30They kept spitting on him. They took the staff and kept striking him on the head with it.
Cross References
Psalms 69:7People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
Isaiah 49:7Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli people, says to the one who was despised and rejected by the people of many nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “ Some day kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because you serve me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully does what I promise. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
Jeremiah 20:7One day I said this to Yahweh: “Yahweh, when you chose me to be a prophet,you deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I become a prophet and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
Matthew 26:49He immediately went to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Teacher!” Then he kissed Jesus on the neck/cheek.
Mark 15:18Then they greeted him like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him, saying, “Hooray for the King who rules the Jews!”
John 19:2The soldiers also took some branches with thorns and wove them to make something like a crown. Then they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. They did these things to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king.
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 →