Matthew 27:28-30
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28 They stripped off his clothes and threw a scarlet military cloak[a] about him. 29 (A)Weaving a crown out of thorns,[b] they placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 (B)They spat upon him[c] and took the reed and kept striking him on the head.
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- 27:28 Scarlet military cloak: so Matthew as against the royal purple of Mk 15:17 and Jn 19:2.
- 27:29 Crown out of thorns: probably of long thorns that stood upright so that it resembled the “radiant” crown, a diadem with spikes worn by Hellenistic kings. The soldiers’ purpose was mockery, not torture. A reed: peculiar to Matthew; a mock scepter.
- 27:30 Spat upon him: cf. Mt 26:67 where there also is a possible allusion to Is 50:6.
Mark 15:17-19
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17 They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him. 18 They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage.
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John 19:2-3
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2 And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, 3 and they came to him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.
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