The Soldiers Mock Jesus

Matthew 27

Matthew 27:27 Then the soldiers of the procurator, taking Jesus up to the praetorium, gathered the entire cohort around him.

Matthew 27:28 And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak around him.

Matthew 27:29 And plaiting a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head, with a reed in his right hand. And genuflecting before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews.”

Matthew 27:30 And spitting on him, they took the reed and struck his head.

Matthew 27:31 And after they had /?.,mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, and clothed him with his own garments, and they led him away to crucify him.