Matthew 27:30 (WEB)
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 27–31.
Read the whole comment“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
After the Lord’s trial comes His Passion, which thus begins, “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,” &c.
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He had been styled King of the Jews, and the Scribes and Priests had brought this charge against Him, that He claimed sovereignty over the Jewish nation; hence this mockery of the soldiers, taking away His own…
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Hence we understand what Mark means by “clothed him with purple;” [Mark 15:17] instead of the royal purple, this scarlet cloak was used in mockery; and there is a shade of purple which is very like scarlet. Or it may…
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What should we henceforth care if any one insults us, after Christ has thus suffered? The utmost that cruel outrage could do was put in practice against Christ; and not one member only, but His whole body suffered…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
But Matthew seems to introduce this here as recollected from above, not that it was done at the time Pilate gave Him up for crucifixion. For John puts it before He is given up by Pilate.
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All these things we may understand mystically. For as Caiaphas said that “it is expedient that one man should die for the people,” [John 11:50] not knowing what he said, so these, in all they did, furnished…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or otherwise; The Lord having taken upon Him all the infirmities of our body, is then covered with the scarlet coloured blood of all the martyrs, to whom is due the kingdom with Him; He is crowned with thorns, that…
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Or, The reed was a mystery signifying that before we believed we trusted in that reed of Egypt, or Babylon, or of some other kingdom opposed to God, which He took that He might triumph over it with the wood of the…
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or otherwise, By the scarlet robe is denoted the Lord’s flesh, which is spoken of as red by reason of shedding of His blood; by the crown of thorns His taking upon Him our sins, because He appeared “in the likeness…
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They smite the head of Christ with a reed, who speak against His divinity, and endeavour to maintain their error by the authority of Holy Scripture, which is written by a reed. They spit upon His face who reject in…
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That they took from off the Lord in His passion His own garment, and put on Him a coloured robe, denotes those heretics who said that He had a shadowy, and not a real body.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 27:27–30 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:27–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 27:27–30 (Catena Aurea).