Mat 27:27-30 | ESV | STEP | Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters , and they gathered the whole battalion before him .

aFor ver. 27-31, see Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2, 3

b John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)

dSee Acts 10:1 (Gk.)

f Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]

g ch. 20:19

hSee ver. 11

iSee ch. 26:67

‏ Matthew 27:27-30

Jesus Is Mocked

27 ^aThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^bgovernor’s headquarters, ^{▼▼Greek the praetorium} and they gathered the whole ^dbattalion ^{▼▼Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men} before him. 28 And they stripped him and put ^fa scarlet robe on him, 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 ^gmocked him, saying, “Hail, ^hKing of the Jews!” 30 And ⁱthey spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.