Jesus Mocked

John 19v1-3 (BSB)
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.  The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.  And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

Isaiah 50v4-7 (BSB)
“The Lord GOD has given Me
the tongue of discipleship,
to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning;
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord GOD has opened My ears,
and I have not been rebellious,
nor have I turned back.
I offered My back to those who struck Me,
and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.
I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Because the Lord GOD helps Me,
I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set My face like flint,
and I know that I will not be put to shame.”

“We see Christ’s complete and perfect substitution for sinners.  He, the innocent sin-bearer, wore the crown of thorns, that we, the guilty, might wear a crown of glory.  Vast is the contrast there will be between the crown of glory that Christ will wear at his second advent and the crown of thorns he wore at this first coming.  It was, moreover, a striking symbol of the consequences of the fall being laid on the head of our divine substitute.  In Leviticus it is written that “Aaron shall lay his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgression in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat”” (Lev 16v21).

J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of John, vol. 3

(BSB Berean Study Bible)