DAILY READINGS: Gen. 38; Psalms 15-16; Matt. 21:33 to 22:14
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus…and they stripped
Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe. 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! And they spit upon Him, and took the
reed, and smote Him on the head. Matthew 27:27-30
The despised representative of the Roman government was presented
a crown of gold when he first entered Jerusalem! But the King
of Kings was mocked with a crown of thorns; a sceptre made of a
flimsy reed, and spittle for anointing oil! Meditating on this should
cause me to crown Him King of all I have and am. —D. Croudace
King of my life I crown Thee now, Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow, lead me to Calvary. —J. E. Hussey