💫WEB · John 19:2
What does John 19:2 mean?
"The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment."
— John 19:2 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
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