New International Version
Matthew 27:30
30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
Context of Matthew 27:30
28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. 32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the 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 spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him
- Job 30:8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
- Isaiah 52:14Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness—
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
- Micah 5:1Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
- Mark 15:19Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
- Luke 18:32He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
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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