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| Display: [references|view all] | | | Problem | What color was the robe that was put on Jesus? In Matthew it says they put on him a "scarlet robe" but in John it says that they put on him a "purple robe". What color was the robe? | Date: Dec 29, 2007 By: Adam Engesath 31 Problems29 Solutions | References | | John 19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, | | Matthew 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. | | User Solutions/Comments | | Date: Mar 1, 2008 | Posted By: jdeans | The most likely solution to this apparent contradiction is that the robe was both purple and scarlet (e.g. it was striped or patterned in some way). It's also possible that more than one article of clothing was involved, and that one was purple while the other was scarlet.
Another solution is that these colors can be used interchangeably to denote royalty. The point the writers were getting across was that the robe they put on Jesus was at one time used for royals (king) or high-ranking military (generals). Jesus is both.
Revelations 19:
13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
I hope this helps 8-)
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