Mark 15:16–20
The mocked King is crowned in suffering before His crucifixion.
16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
17 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
The mocked King is crowned in suffering before His crucifixion.
To portray the mock coronation of Jesus as ironic confirmation of His true kingship amid humiliation.
The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial
Jesus is condemned though innocent, mocked as king yet truly enthroned through suffering, crucified in the place of sinners, forsaken under judgment, and revealed in death as the Son of God whose sacrifice tears open temple access and fulfills the saving purpose of God.