Bible Study They clothed Jesus in a scarlet robe or a purple one?

[TonyChanYT]

Matthew 27:

28 They took him into the Praetorium and called together the whole company of soldiers. They clothed him in a scarlet robe.

Scarlet is a vibrant, bright shade of red with a noticeable orange undertone. It was associated with blood sacrifice.

Parallel account in Mark 15:

17 They put a purple robe on him…

Purple is between red and blue on the color wheel, often associated with royalty. Roman emperors and high-ranking officials wore Tyrian purple, a deep reddish-purple dye so costly that sumptuary laws restricted its use.

Did Jesus wear scarlet or purple?

The colors scarlet and purple overlap. What Matthew called "scarlet" (Greek: kokkinon ) Mark might describe as "purple" (porphyrān). These terms could overlap depending on lighting and perception. Matthew saw it as scarlet to emphasize Jesus' sacrifice while Mark interpreted it as Jesus' royalty.

My friend thinks it is a contradiction.

You can tell your friend: This isn’t really a contradiction, just a difference in how the same event is perceived by two eyewitnesses. It actually adds credibility to the accounts since the Gospels don’t seem to be copying each other verbatim but instead recording events independently.

 

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The color of the robe is important as to why Pilates soldiers put this robe on Christ after he was flogged. The robe being scarlet or purple represents the colors of the Roman government (Roman Catholic belief system) as this was placed on Jesus to mock and humiliate Him as being the King of the Jews. They also placed a crown of thorns on His head and to mock Jesus further, Pontius Pilate, after asking Jesus if He was the King of the Jews in which Jesus told him "You have said so" also had a sign hung on the cross that read King of the Jews Matthew 27:27-31; Matthew 27:11-14; John 19:16-22.