John 19:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:1-3

(d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:2

Pilate then allowed the wounded and bruised man to be yet further and cruelly insulted by the Roman soldiers, who delighted in cruel play and coarse scorn. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe . The "gorgeous robe" £ which had been put upon Jesus by Herod had been probably taken' from him before he was brought the second time into the Praetorium, and necessarily before his scourging. Now, though it is called a "purple robe" by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:2

The crown of thorns. How deeply the incident here related impressed itself upon the mind and heart of Christendom is manifest I. THE OBVIOUS AND ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CROWN OF THORNS . 1. It was an evidence of the cruelty and brutality of Christ's foes . The actual plaiting of the crown, and the actual placing of it upon the holy Sufferer's head was the deed of the Roman soldiers. Insensibility to the pain experienced by Jesus may have been natural to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:3

They kept on £ coming to him, and saying to him , in sportive mockery of his supposed Kingship, and utter scorn of the nation whose Messianic hope they derided, Hail, King of the Jews ! They did a sham obeisance to him, having elected him, as Roman guards often did, an "imperator" on the field of battle. The offerings which they presented to him were not the kiss of homage, but ῥαπίσματα . They kept on offering him blows on the face, strokes with the hand or with rods (cf. John... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:4

And Pilate , with grim insouciance, allows the mockery to take place, and then, with his poor derided sham-king at his side, he went forth again £ from the Praetorium to the public seat, where he kept up the conflict with the accusers and the ever-gathering crowd, and saith to them , with more of passion than before, imagining that this pitiable caricature of a king would reduce the cry of "Crucify him!" into some more moderate and less preposterous demand. Behold, I lead him forth to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:4-7

(e) [Without the Praetorium.] Further protestations by Pilate of Christ's innocence bring out the hitherto-concealed Jewish verdict that he had claimed to be the Son of God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:5

Jesus then came forth , at Pilate's order, into some prominent position, wearing ( φορέω , not φέρω ), as a regular costume, the thorny crown, and the purple robe, and he (Pilate, from his judgment-seat) saith to them , as this hateful and tragic melodrama was being enacted, Behold the Man ! ECCE HOMO ! This was, doubtless, said to mitigate or allay their ferocity. "Let his simple humanity plead with you! After this surely you can desire no more." £ "The Man," rather... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:5

"Ecce Homo!" Observe the spirit in which Pilate uttered these words. We discern in them pity for Jesus, whose character was innocent, whose position was sad and grievous, whose attitude was one of calm and patient endurance. Contempt mingled with pity—contempt for a fanatic who deemed himself possessor of the truth, and for a prisoner who held himself to be a King. In the governor's mind was perplexity as to how he should deal with the accused, in whom he felt was something mysterious and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:5

"Ecce Homo!" I. PILATE 'S MEANING . He meant that a very little thing frightened the priests and elders and their sympathizers. He invited them to look at Jesus, with the. thorny crown encircling his brows, and the purple robe—doubtless some tattered and outworn piece of costume thrown over his shoulders. Surely if Jesus were indeed a King, if his royalty was in power as well as in word, all this mockery would have brought the reality out. II. THE ACTUAL RESULT OF THIS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 19:6

When then the chief priests and the officers saw him , they stifled every movement of possible sympathy by "loud harsh cries" ( ἐκραύγασαν ). They cried out, Crucify, crucify him ! £ Scourging and mockery do not meet the case, nor exhaust the curse and the verdict they have already pronounced. He must die the doom of the vilest. He must be done to death as a slave. Pilate saith unto them, certainly not granting to them permission to take the law into their hands, irrespective of the... read more

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