They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 27:28 in context
Matthew 27:25–31
25
All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
26
Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
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Selected verse
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
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They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
30
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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