JHC- Crown of Thorns?

[devilsknew]

@Gary T

And, why are you so anxious to have it be a figure of speech (which should be known by its appearing in other writing) rather than an accurate description? It appears that you’re willing to go through sizable intellectual contortions to avoid accepting something that most people seem to find quite plausible.

I’m not “anxious” for it to mean anything more than it means. It is hugely symbolic without any “contortion” on my part. I am just interested in the 3 dimensional symbolism of the crown of thorns. I would argue that the spiritual symbolism of stories within a religous text such as the bible are primary to the literal meaning…not the other way around. I’m not trying to contort the meaning, rather unravel it.