KJV King James Version
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
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Matthew 27:30
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
WEB World English Bible
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
ASV American Standard Version
And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;
Surrounding context — Matthew 27
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers].
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 And 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!
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].
32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
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Original-language word links
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἐμπτύσαντεςG1716 · emptuōto spit on/atεἰςG1519 · eistowardαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἔλαβονG2983 · lambanōto takeτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκάλαμονG2563 · kalamosreed/stick/penκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔτυπτονG5180 · tuptōto strikeεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεφαλὴνG2776 · kephalēheadαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.Job 30:8-10[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.Isaiah 52:14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.Micah 5:1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.Luke 18:32-33For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:Isaiah 53:3He 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.
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