Jesus was taken away and a crowd of soldiers ... They did these things to mock him – purple was the colour of royalty, and a king would have a crown and a sceptre.

Jesus was crowned with thorns on the day of his crucifixion. The thorns were meant to mock him for claiming to be the "king of the Jews." The crown was made from local thorn bushes by the Roman ...

Christians believe Jesus wore a woven “Crown of Thorns” leading up to his crucifixion. King Louis IX of France acquired the crown in 1239 for 135,000 livres — which was worth about half of ...