Verse 17
And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
Purple ... Not only was this supposed to represent royalty in the soldiers' program of mockery, but it also had deeply religious significance imperceivable by the goon-squad that thus mocked him. There were probably three colors in the robe they cast upon Christ: blue, purple, and scarlet, these being the three colors of the sacred veil in the temple. See the introduction to this chapter.
Crown of thorns ... "The thorns were, in all probability, the Zizyphus spina Christi which grows abundantly in Palestine, fringing the banks of the Jordan."[8] Only Satan could have inspired a soldier to prick his own hands gathering thorns to mock a man the governor had just declared to be innocent.
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