Medieval A.D. 908
“Or otherwise, By the scarlet robe is denoted the Lord’s flesh, which is spoken of as red by reason of shedding of His blood; by the crown of thorns His taking upon Him our sins, because He appeared in the likeness of sinful flesh. (Rom. 8:3.)”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 27:27-30
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗