Matthew 27:30. And they spat upon him. The sport of wicked men wounds; if they are rough, it becomes brutality. Yet the Jews had done this (chap. Matthew 26:67); Herod had taught these rude soldiers how to mock, and Pilate invited them to do it.

The reed. The mock sceptre. There was an alternation of mocking homage and cruel treatment.

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