Jesus' Death & Burial [John 19 - Daily Bible Study] 

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If we view the relevant Scripture texts in a chronological order, with some explanatory text inserted for clarity (as is done below), it is easy to see that there is no contradiction in Scripture regarding what color robe was put on Jesus: he had possibly a white robe, then both a scarlet robe and later a purple robe put on him. The Romans had perfected both physical and psychological torture, and many took great delight in sadistic abuse of anyone they deemed a criminal or insurrectionist. Then Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous [probably white] robe, and sent Him back to Pilate (Luke 23:11). Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him (Matthew 27:26-28). Some time elapsed as the soldiers mocked Him. They stripped off the scarlet robe and put on a purple one, probably to reopen wounds since blood had clotted to the robe. It is also possible that they just put the purple robe over the scarlet one. And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe (John 19:2). Red was the color of a soldier; purple was the color of a king or emperor. It seems most likely then that after the soldiers tired of mocking Jesus’ physical weakness, they started mocking his claims of kingship, which they had heard him claim to Pilate (in Matthew 27:11-12 and John 18:37). When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on 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!" Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head (Matthew 27:29-30). Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.” Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!” Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” . . . Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!” Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away (John 19:4-16). And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified (Matthew 27:31). Predicted Man of Sorrows The solution to the apparent contradiction is that there were two or three robes, not one. When looking at the passages grouped together, there is no contradiction. Matthew and John both use Greek words which denote not just the color, but the process which gives the dye that color. Then when Matthew mentions the robe being taken off Jesus (Matthew 27:31), he purposefully does not specify the color, which removes the basis for claiming this to be a contradictory account. It also removes the skeptical claim of “color-blindness” as the words for and processes to obtain the colors are quite different. The solution to the apparent contradiction is that there were two or three robes, not one.

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