Crowned in the Curse of Sin
Anyone who has ever been stabbed by a thorn knows how painful it is. Even smaller thorns, such as raspberry bushes or roses, can easily draw blood and tear clothes. Now imagine a wreath of those thorns being shoved onto your head...how painful would that be? This is exactly what happened to Jesus after His scourging . We don't have a way of knowing for sure what kind of thorns these were. Some have suggested it was a common bramble bush ...which is similar to our raspberries, but with more pronounced thorns. This is a possibility - however, there wouldn't have been many bramble bushes readily available to the soldiers in the Roman Fort, at the heart of Jerusalem. If they were to use this bush to weave the crown, a soldier would've had to leave the barracks and search for one outside of the city. Others have suggested that the thorns were from a garden plant that was growing nearby in the Roman fortress. If this were the case, then it could've been from any number of...