^27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence³⁸ and gathered the whole cohort³⁹ around him. ^27:28They⁴⁰ stripped him and put a scarlet robe⁴¹ around him, ^27:29and after braiding⁴² a crown of thorns,⁴³ they put it on his head. They⁴⁴ put a staff⁴⁵ in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:⁴⁶ “Hail, king of the Jews!”⁴⁷^27:30They⁴⁸ spat on him and took the staff⁴⁹ and struck him repeatedly⁵⁰ on the head. ^27:31When⁵¹ they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then⁵² they led him away to crucify him.

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Matthew 27:29: and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Footnotes

38 Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.” The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.
39 A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500–600 soldiers.
40 Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
41 The scarlet robe probably refers to a military garment which had the color of royal purple, and thus resembled a king’s robe. The soldiers did this to Jesus as a form of mockery in view of the charges that he was a king.
42 Or “weaving.”
43 The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers were unwittingly symbolizing God’s curse on humanity (cf. Gen 3:18) being placed on Jesus. Their purpose would have been to mock Jesus’ claim to be a king; the crown of thorns would have represented the “radiant corona” portrayed on the heads of rulers on coins and other artifacts in the 1st century.
44 Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
45 Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See κάλαμος 2.
46 Grk “they mocked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.
47 Or “Long live the King of the Jews!” The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
48 Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
49 Or “the reed.”
50 The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.
51 Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
52 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company around him. They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe. They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” Then they spat on him, took the staff, and kept hitting him on the head. After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Some of the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called out the entire regiment. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort to him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet military cloak around him, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they spat on him and took the reed and repeatedly struck him on his head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the military cloak and put his own clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 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 of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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