Matthew 27:28

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

29They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!"

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Cross References

Mark 15:17they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,

John 19:2And the soldiers, twisting twigs of thorn into a wreath, put it on His head, and threw round Him a crimson cloak.

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 →

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