17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
17 They dressed him up in purple and put a crown plaited from a thorn bush on his head.
17 And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head,
17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 15:17
Commentary on Mark 15:15-21
(Read Mark 15:15-21)
Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made satisfaction by submitting to the greatest disgrace human nature could be loaded with. It was a cursed death; thus it was branded by the Jewish law, Deuteronomy 21:23. The Roman soldiers mocked our Lord Jesus as a King; thus in the high priest's hall the servants had mocked him as a Prophet and Saviour. Shall a purple or scarlet robe be matter of pride to a Christian, which was matter of reproach and shame to Christ? He wore the crown of thorns which we deserved, that we might wear the crown of glory which he merited. We were by sin liable to everlasting shame and contempt; to deliver us, our Lord Jesus submitted to shame and contempt. He was led forth with the workers of iniquity, though he did no sin. The sufferings of the meek and holy Redeemer, are ever a source of instruction to the believer, of which, in his best hours, he cannot be weary. Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I, a vile sinner, fret or repine? Shall I indulge anger, or utter reproaches and threats because of troubles and injuries?