Mat 27:27 | 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.)

Matthew 27:27

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.