25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us(A) and on our children!” 26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But after having Jesus flogged,[a] he handed Him over to be crucified.(B)

Mocked by the Military

27 Then(C) the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into headquarters and gathered the whole company around Him.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:26 Roman flogging was done with a whip made of leather strips embedded with pieces of bone or metal that brutally tore the flesh.

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