And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
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Gill's Exposition
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns,.... This was an emblem of his being surrounded by wicked men, sons of Belial, comparable to thorns, whilst he hung suffering on the cross; and of the sins…
Adam Clarke
Platted a crown of thorns - See on Mat 27:29 (note).
Here is a further account of the unfair trial which they gave to our Lord Jesus. The prosecutors carrying it on with great confusion among the people, and the judge with great confusion in his own…
Cambridge Bible
And the soldiers Herod and his troops (Luk 23:11) had set an example which the Roman soldiers were ready enough to follow. Pilate countenances the brutality as aiding his own plan of satisfying Jewish…
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