Ecce Homo. Ecce homo are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion.
The original New Testament Greek:, idoů ho ánthropos, render the most English Bible translations, e.g. Douay-Rheims Bible and King James Version, as behold the man.
The scene has been widely depicted in Christian art. A scene of the Ecce Homo is a standard component of cycles illustrating the Passion and Life of Christ in art.
It follows the Flagellation of Christ, the Crowning with thorns and the Mocking of Christ, the last two often being combined: The usual depiction shows Pilate and Christ, the mocking crowd and parts of the city of Jerusalem. But, from the 15th century, devotional pictures began to portray Jesus alone, in half or full figure with a purple robe, loincloth, crown of thorns and torture wounds, especially on his head.
Similar subjects but with the wounds of the crucifixion visible, are termed a Man of Sorrow. If the instruments of the Passion are present, it may be called an Arma Christi. If Christ is sitting down, it may be referred to it as Christ at rest or Pensive Christ. It is not always possible to distinguish these subjects. The first depictions of the ecce homo scene in the arts appear in the 9th and 10th centuries in the Syrian-
The original New Testament Greek:, idoů ho ánthropos, render the most English Bible translations, e.g. Douay-Rheims Bible and King James Version, as behold the man.
The scene has been widely depicted in Christian art. A scene of the Ecce Homo is a standard component of cycles illustrating the Passion and Life of Christ in art.
It follows the Flagellation of Christ, the Crowning with thorns and the Mocking of Christ, the last two often being combined: The usual depiction shows Pilate and Christ, the mocking crowd and parts of the city of Jerusalem. But, from the 15th century, devotional pictures began to portray Jesus alone, in half or full figure with a purple robe, loincloth, crown of thorns and torture wounds, especially on his head.
Similar subjects but with the wounds of the crucifixion visible, are termed a Man of Sorrow. If the instruments of the Passion are present, it may be called an Arma Christi. If Christ is sitting down, it may be referred to it as Christ at rest or Pensive Christ. It is not always possible to distinguish these subjects. The first depictions of the ecce homo scene in the arts appear in the 9th and 10th centuries in the Syrian-
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