Jesus Is Mocked
27 For ver. 27-31, see Mark 15:16-20;John 19:2,3Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the John 18:28,33;19:9;Acts 23:35;Phil. 1:13(Gk.)governor’s headquarters,27:27 Greek the praetorium and they gathered the whole See Acts 10:1(Gk.)battalion27:27 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men before him. 28 And they stripped him and put Rev. 18:12,16;[Luke 23:11]a 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 ch. 20:19mocked him, saying, "Hail, See ver. 11King of the Jews!" 30 And See ch. 26:67they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.