CROWN OF THORNS #18

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CHRIST & THE CROWN OF THORNS

 

Christ's "Crown of Thorns" has been supposed to have been made from some spiny plant. To mock rather than to cause him pain was the soldiers' object, and they took whatever came to their hand first.

 

However, It is impossible to identify the exact plant or tree, whose thorny branches were selected for this purpose.

The following plants are the candidates;

 

Lycium spinosum

Ramnus nabeca

Zizyphus Spina Christi

Paliurus aculeatus

Lycium horridum

Zizyphus lotus

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A rare variety of Crown Of Thorns plant.

 

Euphorbia milii

Family Euphorbiaceae

Private Garden, Rockledge, Florida, USA.

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