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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Jesus Endured Terrible Physical and Verbal Abuse
Description: When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak…Mark 15:20The charge against Jesus was that He claimed to be king. The soldiers picked up on this, and they put a purple robe on Him (15:17). This was not a bright purple robe. It was an old, worn-out cloak rubbed in the dirt. Mark said it was purple. Matthew said it was scarlet. Either way, it was faded, and its true colour could hardly be recognised.And a king must have a crown, so someone went and got some thorny br...