A crown of thorns (στεφανον εξ ακανθων). They wove a crown out of thorns which would grow even in the palace grounds. It is immate…

Into the common hall. The original word here means, rather, the governor's palace, or dwelling. The trial of Jesus had taken place out of …

A crown of thorns — The word is too vague for us to identify the plant with certainty, but most writers have settled on the Zi…

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Ba…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After the Lord's trial comes His Pa ion, which begins this way: "Then the soldiers of the governor to…

Here we have humanity at its worst—a scene of vicious mockery. The

Jews have mocked Jesus as Messiah (26:67–68); here the Roman soldiers ridi…

And when they had platted a crown of thorns
What sort of thorn this crown was made of, whether of the bramble, or of…

Crucifixion was a death penalty used only by the Romans; it was very terrible and miserable. A cross was laid on the ground, to which the hands and…

After relating His condemnation, His Pa ion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And when…