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"crown of thorns"

Posted by ESC on June 25, 2001

In Reply to: I am my own "crown of thorns" posted by ESC on June 25, 2001

: : I use this phrase occasionally. Someone out there, please tell me what this means to you. Thanks, sls

: "Crown of thorns" refers to Christ's crowning prior to the crucifiction.

Matthew 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews.

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