Mark 15:16 (WEB)
The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Fathers and councils · 11
Augustine of Hippo
“Here, therefore, we perceive that while Matthew tells us how they “put on Him a scarlet robe,” Mark speaks of purple, with which He was clothed.” — editor's note: Mark xv. 16–20.
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John Chrysostom
““Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers; and they stripped Him, and put on Him a purple robe; and when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it…” — editor's note: Greek, “Prætorium;” comp. Mark xv. 16, A.V.—R.]
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
For since He had been called King of the Jews, and the scribes and priests had objected to Him as a crime that He usurped rule over the Jewish people, they in derision strip Him of His former garments, and put on Him…
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But we must understand that the words of Matthew, they “put of Him a scarlet robe,” Mark expresses by “clothed Him in purple”; for that scarlet robe was used by them in derision for the royal purple, and there is a…
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But instead of the diadem, they put on Him a crown of thorns, wherefore it goes on, “And platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head.” And for a royal sceptre they give Him a reed, as Matthew writes, and…
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His shame took away our shame; His bonds made us free; by the thorny crown of His head, we have obtained the crown of the kingdom; by His wounds we are healed.
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It appears that Matthew and Mark here relate things which took place previously, not that they happened when Pilate had already delivered Him to be crucified. For John says that these things took place at Pilate’s…
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But in a mystic sense, Jesus was stripped of His clothes, that is, of the Jews, and is clothed in a purple robe, that is, in the Gentile church, which is gathered together out of the rocks. Again, putting it off in…
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Or else, by the purple robe, with which the Lord is clothed, is meant His flesh itself, which He gave up to suffering, and by the thorny crown which He carried is meant, the taking upon Him of our sins.
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Let us also put on the purple and royal robe, because we must walk as kings treading on serpents and scorpions, and having sin under our feet. For we are called Christians, that is, anointed ones, just as kings were…
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But they smite the head of Christ, who deny that He is very God. And because men are wont to use a reed to write with, they, as it were, smite the head of Christ with a reed, who speak against His divinity, and…
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.
Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.