MARK 15:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.”
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him — the purple robe is removed and the ordinary clothes restored — the mockery is finished and the execution is proceeding. The restoration of his own clothes communicates that he goes to his death not as a criminal in prison clothes but as himself, in his own garments that the soldiers will cast lots for (verse 24).
Church Fathers on Mark 15:20
The vainglory of soldiers, ever rejoicing in disorder and in insult, here displayed what properly belonged to them.
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 a purple robe, which ancient kings used to wear.
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 sort of red purple, very like scarlet. It may also be that Mark mentions some purple which the robe had about it, though it was of a scarlet colour.
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