"And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe." Matthew 27:28
Where did they find that purple robe? Who did it belong to? Certainly it wasn't Pilate's. It most likely belonged to some court official or rich person, who condemned of a crime, was stripped of his robe and honor. It may have sat in the lost-n-found box for months. The soldiers had probably taunted other prisoners by putting that robe on them. It must have been filthy.
They took that smelly piece of cloth and laid it on Christ's injured shoulders. Instead of sterile dressings, His wounds from being scourged were bandaged with contaminated clothing. Jesus so pure and perfect opened His soul and flesh and accepted the filth of my sin. Can my heart see this scene and not cry?
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