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Crown of thorns

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: Arnaud 25

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Crown of thorns of the Saint-Michel de Dijon church in Burgundy

 

Credit: Simon Speed

License: Public Domain

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: A crown of thorns in the stores of Bedford Museum.

 

From Easton: our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matthew 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in doing this was probably to insult, and not specially to inflict pain. There is nothing to show that the shrub thus used was, as has been supposed, the spina Christi, which could have been easily woven into a wreath. It was probably the thorny nabk, which grew abundantly round about Jerusalem, and whose flexible, pliant, and round branches could easily be platted into the form of a crown. (See THORN, 3.)

Verses:

  • Matthew 27:29
  • Mark 15:17
  • John 19:2
  • John 19:5
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​c/crown-of-thorns.html. 2024.
 
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