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Matthew 27:31
After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Matthew records the narrative of Jesus following the soldiers' mockery and the replacement of the purple garment with His own clothes. The moment occurs immediately after the beating sequence and directly precedes the forced march to the execution site.
The words — The verb ἐνέπαιξαν (enepaixan) conveys active, contemptuous mockery, while χλαμύδα (chlamuda) specifies the coarse military cloak used for the jest. These terms anchor the physical reversal of dignity described in the account.
The thread — The forced procession and unjust treatment parallel the suffering servant described in Isaiah 53:7 and the manipulated legal proceedings of 1 Kings 21:10-13. The narrative structure repeats the pattern of righteous figures led to destruction through calculated humiliation.
Why it lands — The text states that Jesus was stripped of the mock regalia, clothed in His own garments, and escorted to execution. It requires the reader to acknowledge the deliberate, sequential cruelty without minimizing the historical reality of the condemnation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- 1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- Matthew 21:39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
- Acts 7:58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- Numbers 15:35 And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
- Matthew 20:19 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- John 19:16 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.
- John 19:27 Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.