[119] Comp. in particular the passages cited by Wetstein, on [Matth. xxvii. 26.] [↑]
[120] Paulus, ut sup. s. 647. [↑]
[121] From the explanation of Paulus, s. 649 f., it appears highly probable that the στέφανος ἐξ ἀκανθῶν was not a crown of sharp thorns, but one taken from the nearest hedge, in order to deride Jesus by the vilissima corona, spineola (Plin. H. N. xxi. 10). [↑]
[122] A similar disguising of a man, in derision of a third party, is adduced by Wetstein, (p. 533 f.) from Philo, in Flaccum. [↑]
[123] Thus Paulus, Kuinöl, Tholuck and Olshausen in their Commentaries; Neander, L. J. Chr., s. 634. [↑]
[124] Fritzsche, in Marc. 684: Significat Joannes, Jesum suam crucem portavisse, donec ad Calvariæ locum pervenisset. [↑]
[125] Joseph., Antiq. xiv. vii. 2. [↑]
[126] It is used in the former way by Grotius; in the latter, by Olshausen, 2. s. 481. [↑]
[127] Comp. Paulus, Fritzsche, and De Wette, in loc. [↑]
[128] Vid. Paulus and Fritzsche, in loc. Winer, bibl. Realw. art. Golgotha. [↑]