πλέκω

G4120 means to weave, braid, or twist strands together. All three governed occurrences are aorist active participles in the passion narratives. In Matthew 27:29, Mark 15:17, and John 19:2, Roman soldiers twist together a crown from thorns and place it on Jesus during royal mockery. The verb identifies the soldiers' deliberate making action. It does not by itself identify the thorn plant, reconstruct the crown's shape, or establish a separate symbolism for every strand.

Each Gospel locates the action in its own narrative sequence. Matthew joins the crown with a scarlet robe, a reed, mock homage, spitting, and striking. Mark uses a purple robe and records repeated mock acclaim. John presents the crown and purple robe before Pilate brings Jesus out and says, "Behold the Man!" The shared act supports comparison, but differences in wording and sequence should remain visible.

The crown turns a royal sign into an instrument of degradation. Christian teaching may confess the true kingship revealed through Jesus' suffering, but it must not romanticize torture, blame Jewish people for violence carried out in the narratives, or reproduce humiliation as spectacle. Survivors of assault do not need pain reenacted to understand the passage. The direct pastoral movement is toward truthful witness, protection of the vulnerable, accountability for state and group violence, and worship of the crucified King.

Three governed forms describe Roman soldiers twisting together the thorn crown during the royal mockery of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, and John.