“The Lord's crown of thorns prophetically pointed to us who once were barren but are placed around him through the church of which he is the head. But it is also a type of faith, of life in respect to the substance of the wood, of joy in respect to the appellation of crown, of danger in respect to the thorn. For there…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Instructor Book 2
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2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
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1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
— John 19:2 —
3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.