Matthew 27:30

Matthew 27:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
• New International Version (NIV)They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

Context of Matthew 27:30

28and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak; 29and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head. 31And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify. 32And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go [with them] that he might bear his cross.

Matthew 27:30 word by word

καὶ ἐμπτύσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν ἔλαβον τὸν κάλαμον καὶ ἔτυπτον εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• spitἐμπτύωemptuō · to spit on/atG1716
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• reedκάλαμοςkalamos · reed/stick/penG2563
• beatτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
• headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776

Cross-references for Matthew 27:30

• Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,
• Job 30:8Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
• Isaiah 49:7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
• Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Isaiah 52:14As many were astonished at thee — his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the children of men
• Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Micah 5:1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• Mark 15:19And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.
• Luke 18:32for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30And they spit upon him - "Let us pay our adoration," says the same pious writer, "and humble ourselves in silence at the sight of a spectacle which faith alone renders credible, and which our senses would hardly endure. Jesus Christ, in this condition, preaches to the kings of the earth this truth - that their scepters are but reeds, with which themselves shall be smitten, bruised, and crushed at his tribunal, if they do not use them here to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-30Verses 27-30 See also Mark 15:15-20; John 19:1-3. Matthew 27:27 Into the common hall - The original word here means, rather, the governor‘s palace or dwelling. The trial of Jesus had taken place outside of the palace. The Jews would not enter in John 18:28, and it is probable that courts were held often in a larger and more public place than would be a room in his dwelling. Jesus, being condemned, was led by the soldiers away from the Jews “within” the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-30Verses 26-30 Crucifixion was a death used only among the Romans; it was very terrible and miserable. A cross was laid on the ground, to which the hands and feet were nailed, it was then lifted up and fixed upright, so that the weight of the body hung on the nails, till the sufferer died in agony. Christ thus answered the type of the brazen serpent raised on a pole. Christ underwent all the misery and shame here related, that he might purchase for us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-31During the Jewish trial, people mocked Jesus as a prophet (Matthew 26:67–68). Here, they mocked him as a king.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 27:30

• Assault and Battery
• Cruelty
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mocking
• Persecution
• Reed
• Scoffing
• Soldiers
• Spitting
• Treason

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Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings