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Matthew 27:31

The Crucifixion

After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. Matthew 27:31 · Berean Standard Bible

What It Means

Matthew 27:31, in plain English

When they have finished mocking Him, they take off the robe, put His own clothes back on, and lead Him away to be crucified.

Why it's here

The show is over. Now comes the long, agonizing walk through the streets of Jerusalem to the place of execution.

Who's speaking

The narrator describes the transition from mockery to the march to Golgotha.

Where it sits in the story

After everything — the trial, the flogging, the mockery — Jesus still has to walk to His own execution. And He does, one step at a time.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

After the mockery concludes, they remove the robe, restore His own garments, and lead Him out for crucifixion — the journey to Golgotha begins.

Language and setting

Returning Jesus' own clothes was standard practice, as the condemned person's garments would later be divided among the executioners (v. 35). The procession to crucifixion was a public spectacle of degradation.

Voice

The narrator records the transition from mockery to the march toward crucifixion.

Significance

The cruel theater ends and the death march begins — Jesus is clothed again and led out of the Praetorium toward the hill where He will die.

In context

Matthew 27:29–33

29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

30Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

31After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.

32Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

33And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Read all of Matthew 27 — The climax of the story. Every thread — sacrifice, covenant, prophecy, promise — converges at a cross outside Jerusalem.

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