Matthew 27:26-31
26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having a scourged ▼
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A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal
Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. Jesus Is Mocked
27 c Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the d governor’s headquarters ▼
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Greek the praetorium
and they gathered the whole f battalion
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Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men
before him. 28 And they stripped him and put h a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they i mocked him, saying, “Hail j King of the Jews!” 30 And k they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and l led him away to crucify him.
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