New English Translation
Matthew 27:30
30They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.
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
28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him, 29and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head. 31When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. 32As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.
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καὶ ἐμπτύσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν ἔλαβον τὸν κάλαμον καὶ ἔτυπτον εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 27:30
- Matthew 26:67Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
- Job 30:8Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
- Isaiah 52:14(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
- Micah 5:1(4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.
- Mark 15:19Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.
- Luke 18:32For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.
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
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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
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