Scourging was a recognized Roman punishment. The crowning with thorns was a sadistic game. The Sanhedrin’s true motive in attempting to kill Jesus was his claim to divinity, which they deemed ...

On a human level, the sins of the intellect are on full display in the sheer gratuitous cruelty of the Crowning with Thorns. It's a picture of the human race at its most exquisitely vile — and ...

Dear T.G.: “Tramp art” is certainly a romantic piece of nomenclature and brings to mind images of hobos riding ... but the so-called “crown of thorns” objects are often found in the ...

The safety of Crown of Thorns, as the cathedral's "most precious ... PHILIPPE WOJAZER//Getty Images A view of Notre-Dame’s interior, following the fire. Sadly, not everything made it—and ...

The third, the crowning of Jesus with thorns (Mark 15.16-20), develops this theme, moving on to yet more difficult ground. The Gospels are clear that the crowning with thorns was an act of deliberate ...