Mark 15:17

And began to salute him, hail, king of the Jews! In a mock way, wishing him long life and prosperity, as if he was a king just come to his throne, and this was his coronation day.

And began to salute…

With purple - Matthew says scarlet. See the notes at Mat 27:28. About his head - In the form of a garland or diadem. The whole head was not covered, but it was placed in a circle round the temples.

And platted a crown of thorns - In the note on Mat 27:29 (note), I have ventured to express a doubt whether our Lord was crowned with thorns, in our sense of the word; this crown being designed as an…

Here, I. Pilate, to gratify the Jews' malice, delivers Christ to be crucified, Mar 15:15. Willing to content the people, to do enough for them (so the word is), and make them easy, that he might keep…

clothed him with purple Instead of the white robe, with which Herod had mocked Him, they threw around Him a scarlet sagum, or soldier's cloak. St Matthew, Mat 27:38, calls it "a scarlet robe;" St…