29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, …
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. …
And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-32)In these verses we have the preparatives for, and prefaces to, the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. Here is, I. The sentence passed, and the warrant signed for his execution; and this immediately, the same hour. 1. Barabbas was released, that notorious criminal: if he had not been put in competition with Christ for the favour of the people, it is probable that he had died for his crimes; but that pr…
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