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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 27:28

stripped: Mark 15:17, Luke 23:11, John 19:2-Deuteronomy : a scarlet robe: Mark calls it a purple robe; but by נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209] is denoted whatever is of a dazzling red; and the words ךןךךיםןם [Strong's G2847], scarlet, and נןסצץסב [Strong's G4209], purple, are not infrequently interchanged. Reciprocal: Genesis 37:23 - General Judges 14:12 - sheets Isaiah 3:5 - base Matthew 26:68 - thou Luke 18:32 - mocked Luke 22:63 - mocked Hebrews 9:19 - scarlet read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 27:29

platted: Matthew 20:19, Psalms 35:15, Psalms 35:16, Psalms 69:7, Psalms 69:19, Psalms 69:20, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 20:7, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 12:3 Hail: Matthew 27:37, Matthew 26:49, Mark 15:18, Luke 23:36, Luke 23:37, John 19:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 37:19 - Behold Judges 16:25 - sport 2 Kings 1:9 - Thou man 2 Kings 2:23 - Go up 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown Nehemiah 4:1 - mocked Job 12:4 - one mocked Psalms 22:7 - laugh Isaiah 52:14 - his visage Isaiah 57:4 - sport Matthew 26:68... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 27:28

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.They put on him a scarlet robe — Such as kings and generals wore; probably an old tattered one. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:28

28. A scarlet robe A kind of round cloak, which was confined on the right shoulder by a clasp, so as to cover the left side of the body, worn by military officers and called paludamentum. Those of the emperors were purple. This cloak or robe, called by Matthew scarlet, is by Mark called purple. The two colours blend into each other, and the words are interchangeable. The scarlet dye, however, was made from a shrub; the purple from a shell-fish. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:29

29. Had platted The old English verb to plat or plait, signifies to braid or interweave. A crown of thorns The question has been raised whether this crown was intended for mockery or for pain. Undoubtedly mockery was the leading object, and yet that mockery is all the more effective by being made painful. A crown of straw would have been mockery; a crown of thorns was a painful mockery. What sort of thorns composed this crown is uncertain. But Haselquist, a Swedish naturalist, says,... read more

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