Mat 27:27-31, Joh 19:2-3 | ISV | STEP | The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.

Matthew 27:27-31

27 The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters ^{▼▼Lit. praetorium} and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.Mark 15:15; John 19:2 28 They stripped ^{▼▼Other mss. read clothed} him and put a scarlet robe on him.Luke 23:11 29 Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks put} a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, “Long live the king of the Jews!”Ps 69:19; Isa 53:3 30 Then they spit on him and took the stick and hit him repeatedly on his head.Isa 50:6; Matt 26:67

31 When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.Isa 53:7

John 19:2-3

2 The soldiers twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, put it on his head, and threw a purple robe on him. 3 They kept coming up to him and saying, “Long live the king of the Jews!” Then they began to slap him on the face.