THE CROWN OF THORNS.
Sir,-With reference to the Messiah illustration in The Listener of December 5, the "crown of thorns" (with the purple robe and the reed) was _ intended, according to the custom of the day, to make our Lord an object of ridicule, and not as an instrument of punishment or torture to his head. Learned men say the acanthine crown or wreath was made from the herb acanthus, a prickly plant, though not thorny as we understand the term. Many Christians protest against the crown of long thorns as portrayed by some painters, as such representation causes both false and absurd ideas in the minds of people, and detracts from its real significance, the crowning insult by ridicule.
E. R.
HEAL
(Ahipara).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 130, 19 December 1941, Page 9
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124THE CROWN OF THORNS. New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 130, 19 December 1941, Page 9
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