“And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.”
King James Version (KJV)
27:28 They put on him a scarlet robe - Such as kings and generals wore; probably an old tattered one.
27:32 Him they compelled to bear his cross - He bore it himself, till he sunk under it, #John 19:17|.
Mt 27:30 They spat upon him. In order to show still greater contempt. Brutal as these heathen soldiers were, they were no more so than the Jewish Sanhedrin had been.
And they spit vpon him, and tooke the reed, and smote him on the head.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
They spat on Him, and took the reed and {began} to beat Him on the head.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.
- Basic English Bible
And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.
- Darby Bible
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head.
- Webster's Bible
Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it.
- Weymouth Bible
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
- World English Bible
And thei speten on hym, and tooken a rehed, and smoot his heed.
- Wycliffe Bible
And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;
- Youngs Literal Bible