John 19:2

John 19:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

Context of John 19:2

1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. 4Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

John 19:2 word by word

καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται πλέξαντες στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῦ τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἱμάτιον πορφυροῦν περιέβαλον αὐτὸνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the soldiersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• plattedπλέκωplekō · to weaveG4120
• a crownστέφανοςstephanos · crownG4735
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thornsἄκανθαakantha · a thornG173
• and putἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi · to put/lay onG2007
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• they put onπεριβάλλωperiballō · to clotheG4016
• a purpleπορφύρεοςporphurous · purpleG4210
• robeἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440

Cross-references for John 19:2

• John 19:5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
• Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
• Matthew 27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.
• Mark 15:17They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
• Luke 23:11Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.

Commentaries on John 19:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Platted a crown of thorns - See on Matthew 27:29; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-3Verses 1-3 See the notes at Matthew 27:26-30.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The crown of thorns might have come from a date palm tree (compare 12:13–14). There are Greek coin images showing such crowns, with the stems woven and the thorns radiating upward above the crown. The purple robe was probably a soldier's robe. It was dark red, completing the picture of mock royalty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161-3. Pilate took Jesus and scourged him--in hope of appeasing them. (See Mr 15:15). "And the soldiers led Him away into the palace, and they call the whole band" (Mr 15:16)--the body of the military cohort stationed there--to take part in the mock coronation now to be enacted.Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:2

• Dress
• Irony
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mocking
• Sarcasm
• Slander
• Thorn

In the dictionaries

• Crown of thorns
• Humiliation of Christ
• Pilate, Pontius
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Color; Colors
• Crown
• Dress
• Jesus Christ
• Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of

Commentaries on John 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings