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THE MESSAGE
Matthew 27:28
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They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
And they stripped Him and put a red cloak on Him.
They took off his clothes and put a red robe on him.
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on Him [as a king's robe].
They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.
They stripped off his clothes and put on him a scarlet robe,
and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;
They took off Jesus' clothes and put a red robe on him.
And they stripped him, and put about him a skarlet robe,
And they removed his clothes and put on him a scarlet robe.
They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.
And they stripped him and put a scarlet military cloak around him,
And stripping Him, they put a scarlet cloak around Him.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
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And they stripped him, and invested him with a cloak of crimson.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet military cloak.
And they stripped hym, and put on hym a skarlet robe:
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe,
Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.
And thei vnclothiden hym, and diden aboute hym a reed mantil;
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,
And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
They took off His clothes and put a purple coat on Him.
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
and, unclothing him, a scarlet scarf, put they about him, -
And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him,
And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe
and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,
and stryped him out of his clothes, and put a purple robe vpo him,
and having stripp'd him, they put on him a scarlet robe.
They stripped him out of his jeans and shirt and slung a purple horse blanket around him like a robe.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
stripped: Mark 15:17, Luke 23:11, John 19:2-5
a scarlet robe: Mark calls it a purple robe; but by נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209] is denoted whatever is of a dazzling red; and the words ךןךךיםןם [Strong's G2847], scarlet, and נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209], purple, are not infrequently interchanged.
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:23 - General Judges 14:12 - sheets Isaiah 3:5 - base Matthew 26:68 - thou Luke 18:32 - mocked Luke 22:63 - mocked Hebrews 9:19 - scarlet
Cross-References
Rebekah was eavesdropping as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. As soon as Esau had gone off to the country to hunt game for his father, Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob. "I just overheard your father talking with your brother, Esau. He said, ‘Bring me some game and fix me a hearty meal so that I can eat and bless you with God 's blessing before I die.'
"But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin. What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing."
"If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats."
Isaac said to him, You'll live far from Earth's bounty, remote from Heaven's dew. You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it any more you'll break loose and run free.
Asher will become famous for rich foods, candies and sweets fit for kings.
Joseph: "Blessed by God be his land: The best fresh dew from high heaven, and fountains springing from the depths; The best radiance streaming from the sun and the best the moon has to offer; Beauty pouring off the tops of the mountains and the best from the everlasting hills; The best of Earth's exuberant gifts, the smile of the Burning-Bush Dweller. All this on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the consecrated one among his brothers. In splendor he's like a firstborn bull, his horns the horns of a wild ox; He'll gore the nations with those horns, push them all to the ends of the Earth. Ephraim by the ten thousands will do this, Manasseh by the thousands will do this."
And then this happened: Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, confronted Ahab: "As surely as God lives, the God of Israel before whom I stand in obedient service, the next years are going to see a total drought—not a drop of dew or rain unless I say otherwise."
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
"Open up, heavens, and rain. Clouds, pour out buckets of my goodness! Loosen up, earth, and bloom salvation; sprout right living. I, God , generate all this. But doom to you who fight your Maker— you're a pot at odds with the potter! Does clay talk back to the potter: ‘What are you doing? What clumsy fingers!' Would a sperm say to a father, ‘Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?' Or a fetus to a mother, ‘Why have you cooped me up in this belly?'"
The purged and select company of Jacob will be like an island in the sea of peoples. They'll be like dew from God , like summer showers Not mentioned in the weather forecast, not subject to calculation or control.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they stripped him,.... Of his clothes; at least of his upper garment: for one man to spit upon another, as these soldiers afterwards did on Christ, or to strip him of his garment, according to the Jewish canons, were punishable with a fine of four hundred pence z, which amounted to twelve pounds and ten shillings of our money; but the soldiers were in no danger of being prosecuted, for stripping Christ. This is one part of the low estate Christ submitted to: his clothes on his back seem to be all he had in this world, and of these he is stripped:
and put on him a scarlet robe, or "a red coat", as the Persic version renders it; very likely an old coat of one of their officers. The Evangelists Mark and John say it was "purple",
Mark 15:17, and so the Arabic version renders it here: whether there were two garments put upon him, the one a purple vest, and the other a scarlet robe over it; or whether scarlet was used instead of purple, is not certain; which was a colour wore by kings, and a sign of imperial dignity a; and therefore put upon Christ by way of mockery, upbraiding him with the character he bore, as king of the Jews. This was an emblem of his being clothed, as it were with our sins, which are as scarlet, and of his bloody sufferings in the human nature.
z Misn. Bava Kama, c. 8. sect. 6. a Alexander ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 28.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 palace, and subjected there to their profane mockery and sport.
The whole band - The “band” or cohort was a tenth part of a Roman legion, and consisted of from 400 to 600 men, according to the size of the legion. Compare the notes at Matthew 8:29.
Matthew 27:28
And they stripped him - That is, they either took off all his upper garments or removed all his clothing, probably the former.
A scarlet robe - Mark says they clothed him in “purple.” The “scarlet” color was obtained from a species of fruit; “purple” from shell-fish.
See the notes at Isaiah 1:18. The ancients gave the name “purple” to any color that had a mixture of “red” in it, and consequently these different colors might be sometimes called by the same name. The “robe” used here was the same kind worn by Roman generals and other distinguished officers of the Roman army, and also by the Roman governors. It was made so as to be placed on the shoulders, and was bound around the body so as to leave the right arm at liberty. As we cannot suppose that Pilate would array him in a new and splendid robe, we must suppose that this was one which had been worn and cast off as useless, and was now used to array the Son of God as an object of ridicule and scorn.
Matthew 27:29
Had platted - The word “platted” here means “woven together.” They made a “wreath” of a thorn-bush.
A crown - Or perhaps, rather, a wreath.
A crown was worn by kings, commonly made of gold and precious stones. To ridicule the pretensions of Jesus that he was a king, they probably plucked up a thornbush growing near, made it into something resembling in shape a royal crown, so as to correspond with the old purple robe, and to complete the mockery.
Of thorns - What was the precise species of shrub denoted here is not certainly known. It was, however, doubtless, one of that species that has sharp points of very hard wood. They could therefore be easily pressed into the slain and cause considerable pain. Probably they seized upon the first thing in their way that could be made into a crown, and this happened to be a “thorn,” thus increasing the sufferings of the Redeemer. Palestine abounds with thorny shrubs and plants. “The traveler finds them in his path, go where he may. Many of them are small, but some grow as high as a man’s head. The Rabbinical writers say that there are no less than 22 words in the Hebrew Bible denoting thorny and prickly plants.” Professor’s Hackett’s Illustrations of Scripture, p. 135. Compare Proverbs 24:30-31; Proverbs 15:19; Jeremiah 4:3.
And a reed in his right hand - A reed is a straight, slender herb, growing in marshy places, and abundant on the banks of the Jordan. It was often used for the purpose of making staves for walking, and it is not improbable that this was such a staff in the possession of some person present. The word is several times thus used. See 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 29:6. Kings commonly carried a “sceptre,” made of ivory or gold, as a sign of their office or rank, Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4. This “reed” or “staff” they put in his hand, in imitation of a “sceptre,” to deride, also, his pretensions of being a king.
And they bowed the knee - This was done for mockery. It was an act of pretended homage. It was to ridicule his saying that he was a king. The common mode of showing respect or homage for kings was by kneeling or prostration. It shows amazing forbearance on the part of Jesus that he thus consented to be ridiculed and set at naught. No mere human being would have borne it. None but he who loved us unto death, and who saw the grand results that would come from this scene of sufferings, could have endured such mockery.
Hail, King of the Jews! - The term “hail” was a common mode of salutation to a king, or even to a friend. It implies, commonly, the highest respect for office as well as the person, and is an invocation of blessings. Here it was used to carry on what they thought to be the farce of his being a king; to ridicule in every possible way the pretensions of a poor, unattended, unarmed man of Nazareth, as if he was a weak impostor or was deranged.
Matthew 27:30
And they spit upon him - This was a token of the deepest contempt and insult.
See the notes at Matthew 26:67.
And took the reed - The cane, probably so large as to inflict a heavy blow.
And smote him on the head - Not merely to injure him by the force of the blow, but to press the “thorns” into his head, and thus to add cruelty to insult.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 27:28. Stripped him — Took off his mantle, or upper garment.
A scarlet robe — Or, according to Mark and John, a purple robe, such as emperors and kings wore.
