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John 19:2

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

KJV

καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται πλέξαντες στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῦ τῇ κεφαλῇ, καὶ ἱμάτιον πορφυροῦν περιέβαλον αὐτόν,

Greek NT

Et milites plectentes coronam de spinis, imposuerunt capiti ejus : et veste purpurea circumdederunt eum.

Vulgate

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment;

ASV

And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head: and they put on him a purple garment.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
περιβάλλω
periballo
verb · 23×
πλέκω
pleko
verb · 3×
πορφυροῦς
porphurous
adjective · 4×
στέφανος
stephanos
noun · 18×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
ἄκανθα
akantha
noun · 14×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπιτίθημι
epitithemi
verb · 39×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • John 19:5 — Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
  • Judg 8:26 — And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside
  • Luke 23:11 — And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
  • Mark 10:34 — And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Mark 15:16 — And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
  • Matt 26:68 — Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
  • Matt 27:27 — Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
  • Matt 27:28 — And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
  • Matt 27:29 — And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.