Deuteronomy 4:1-49; Ecclesiastes 5:1-6:12; Luke 7:30-50
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! Matthew 27:29
The Jews cried out at our Lord’s crucifixion that if He was a King, then He should have a crown. The crown that day was made from cruel thorns, a product of the cursed earth. These were cruelly pressed down onto that holy brow. Praise God that in the midst of it all, He is the Victor and not the victim. Today He is crowned with glory and honour and worthy of it all. Let us worship Him together. —John M. Clegg
The head that once was crowned with thorns,
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns,
The mighty Victor’s brow. —Thomas Kelly