John 19:1-42

John 19:1-3:

^19:1Therefore then Pilate took Jesus and whipped (him); ^.2and the soldiers having weaved a crown from thorns put-on his head and clothed him (with) a purple outer-garment, ^.3and they went towards him and said, "Joy, the king of the Judeans," and they gave raps to him.

Following-on logically from the events recorded in John 18:38-40, at that time Pilate took Jesus (received him so as to use) and he whipped him (caused Jesus to be scourged, flogged).

Also, the soldiers (people being in service, soldiering during battle/war in military service)...

• after they had weaved a crown from thorns (plaited or braided, intertwined prickly briers, brambles making a garland, wreath)
  • put it upon his head (as a king wearing his kingly crown)
• and clothed him with a purple outer-garment (they threw/cast outer clothing colored purple around him as a vesture, wrap, covering, as though to indicate or signify his position, status, authority, profession, etc, within the community; this color was a reddish/purple dye made from a certain mussel found on the Mediterranean coasts - purple cloth was prized by the people of that day and time because clothes or robes made with it were usually worn by people of rank and wealth, such as kings)

...and during that past time they were coming towards him (they spent time going towards him, repeating it on several occasions) and were saying...

• "Joy, the king of the Judeans (rejoice, you must joy, the royal ruler over and belonging to the Judeans/Israelites; spoken as a form of greeting to him)"

...and they gave raps (strikes, quick sharp blows) to him.

[Reference: Genesis 3:17 and 18; John 18:22.]

Verses 4-7:

^.4And Pilate went-out again outside and says to them, "Look!, I lead him outside to you in order that you may know that I find not-one cause in him." ^.5Therefore Jesus went-out outside carrying the thorny crown and the purple outer-garment; and he says to them, "Look!, the man." ^.6Therefore when the chief-priests and the assistants saw him they cried-out saying, "You must crucify, you must crucify." Pilate says to them, "You must take him and crucify him, for I do not find a cause in him." ^.7The Judeans answered him, "We have a law and according to the law he owes-it to die because he made himself God's son."

Pilate went out again (a second, another, further time, once again) outside of the praetorium and says to the Judeans...

• "Look (behold, see, pay attention)!,
• I lead (direct, conduct, convey) him outside to you
  • for the purpose and result that you would personally know that I find not-one cause in him (find no ground for charge, not any reason for accusation according to Roman law within his sphere of action; as John 18:38)."

Therefore Jesus came out outside to where Pilate was facing the crowd of Judeans carrying (bearing, wearing) the thorny crown and the purple outer-garment (as verse 2 above); and Pilate says to them...

• "Look (behold, see, pay attention)!,
  • the man (the member of mankind, the human-being)."

Jesus was the one man from fallen mankind receiving the full consequences of sin against the only true God - he was the sacrificial lamb (refer to John 1:29). By this time he was mocked, brutally and savagely beaten, and bloody.

Therefore when the chief/high priests and the assistants (attendants; referring to the Judean temple guard) saw him they cried-out (made an outcry, clamor, they screamed) saying...

• "You must crucify, you must crucify (by repeating this phrase they gave added emphasis to their directive to Pilate - it is imperative that you crucify him)."

Pilate says to them...

• "Emphatically you must take him (it is imperative that you yourselves receive him) and crucify him,
  • in truth, emphatically I (I myself) am not finding a cause in him (as verse 4 above and John 18:38 - three times Pilate said this)."

The Judeans answered him...

• "Emphatically we have a law (we ourselves hold a law that we adhere-to and abide-by, what we have set-up, divided-out and administer to be customarily and rightly used among ourselves as our standard of judgment)
• and in accordance with the law he owes-it to die (he is obligated, indebted, under obligation to die, to end his life)
  • because he made himself God's son (refer to John 10:36)."

[Reference: Matthew 27:22; Mark 15:12 and 13; Luke 23:20 and 21; John 1:29, 5:17 and 18, 7:32, 10:36, 18:3, 12, 22, 31 and 38. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (²) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]

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