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John 19:2

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19:2The soldiers2 braided3 a crown of thorns4 and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.5

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  1. 2 Grk “And the soldiers.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
  2. 3 Or “wove.”
  3. 4 The crown of thorns was a crown plaited of some thorny material, intended as a mockery of Jesus’ “kingship.” Traditionally it has been regarded as an additional instrument of torture, but it seems more probable the purpose of the thorns was not necessarily to inflict more physical suffering but to imitate the spikes of the “radiant corona,” a type of crown portrayed on ruler’s heads on many coins of the period; the spikes on this type of crown represented rays of light pointing outward (the best contemporary illustration is the crown on the head of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor).
  4. 5 The purple color of the robe indicated royal status. This was further mockery of Jesus, along with the crown of thorns.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe.

NLTNew Living Translation

The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

KJV 1900King James Version

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,