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MATTHEW 27:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 27:28Matt 27:30
“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!”
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 mocked him, saying: hail, King of the Jews! The crown of thorns, the reed scepter, the kneeling, the hail: the full mockery of the Roman crucifixion ritual applied to the one who is genuinely the King. The soldiers mock what they do not understand; the mockery inadvertently describes the truth.

Church Fathers on Matthew 27:29

After the Lord’s trial comes His Passion, which thus begins, 'Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,' &c.

Augustine · 4th century · de Cons. Ev., iii, 9

He had been styled King of the Jews, and the Scribes and Priests had brought this charge against Him, that He claimed sovereignty over the Jewish nation; hence this mockery of the soldiers, taking away His own garments, they put on Him a scarlet cloak to represent that purple fringe which kings of old used to wear, for the diadem they put on Him a crown of thorns, and for the regal sceptre give Him a reed, and perform adoration to Him as to a king.

Jerome · 4th century

What should we henceforth care if any one insults us, after Christ has thus suffered? The utmost that cruel outrage could do was put in practice against Christ; and not one member only, but His whole body suffered injuries; His head from the crown, the reed, and the buffetings; His face which was spit upon; His cheeks which they smote with the palms of their hands; His whole body from the scourging, the stripping to put on the cloak, and the mockery of homage; His hands from…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom. lxxxvii
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