2 Kings 5:1-27; Jeremiah 38:1-28; Hebrews 9:15-28
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, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! Matthew 27:29
At His crucifixion it was determined that if our Lord was a king then He should have a crown. The crown that He wore on that day was made from cruel thorns, a product of the cursed earth. They were pressed down on His holy brow into which never an evil thought had entered. Praise and thank God that today He is the Victor and not the victim. Today He is crowned with glory and honour and worthy of it all. —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