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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
He showed, then, the Lord of all impiously outraged, and mocked by the intolerable insults of the soldiers, trusting that the furious wrath of the Jews would be sated, and now, at last, abate, and rest content with that most pitiable and dishonourable spectacle. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Hence it is apparent that these things were not done without Pilate's knowledge, whether he commanded, or only permitted them, for the reason we have mentioned, viz. that His enemies seeing the insults heaped upon Him, might not thirst any longer for His blood: Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe: not the insignia of empire, but the marks of ridicule. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! as if to say, If ye envy the King, spare the outcast. Ignominy overflows, let envy subside.
Thomas Aquinas
2381 Secondly, we see Christ being presented before the crowd, Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. He was exhibited in the same robe he wore when he was mocked by the officers in the hope that the crowd would be appeased when they saw him, not respected for his authority, but entirely dishonored: "For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face" (Ps 69:7). …
Bonaventure
Jesus therefore went out. Augustine: "Not illustrious in command, but full of reproach"; whence there follows: Bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment, in which they had mocked him, according to that passage of Matthew 20: "They shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged." And he says to them: Behold, the man: behold, the showing forth of one scourged and reviled in this, that he had made himself king. …
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