John 19:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

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  • Isa 53:3 : 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
  • Matt 27:27-31 : 27 Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together. 28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe. 29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews. 30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod. 31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.
  • Mark 15:16-20 : 16 And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band. 17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him; 18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews! 19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship. 20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.
  • Luke 23:11 : 11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
  • John 19:5 : 5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

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  • Mark 15:16-20
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    94%

    16 And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.

    17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

    18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

    19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

    20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

  • Matt 27:27-31
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    87%

    27 Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.

    28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.

    29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

    30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.

    31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

  • John 19:5-6
    2 verses
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    5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!

    6 So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.

  • John 19:3
    82%

    3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

  • John 19:1
    82%

    1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.

  • John 19:13-21
    9 verses
    78%

    13 So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.

    14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

    15 Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.

    16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

    17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

    18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

    19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

    21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

  • John 19:23-24
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    77%

    23 And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

    24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

  • Luke 23:11
    77%

    11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.

  • Matt 27:35
    75%

    35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • Matt 27:37
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    37 And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  • Mark 15:24-26
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    75%

    24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

    25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

    26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  • Luke 19:35-36
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    74%

    35 And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him.

    36 And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.

  • Matt 27:39
    74%

    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

  • Matt 20:19
    73%

    19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

  • Luke 22:63-64
    2 verses
    72%

    63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.

    64 And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?

  • Matt 27:2
    72%

    2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

  • Ps 22:18
    72%

    18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

  • Luke 23:38
    71%

    38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  • Acts 21:35
    71%

    35 And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

  • Luke 23:36
    71%

    36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

  • John 19:37
    71%

    37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.

  • Matt 26:67
    71%

    67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

  • Luke 23:34
    71%

    34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • John 18:12
    71%

    12 Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.

  • Luke 18:32
    71%

    32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:

  • Mark 14:65
    70%

    65 And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

  • John 19:29
    70%

    29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.

  • Mark 15:13
    70%

    13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!