So, Jesus came outside wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Then Pilate said to the [assembled] Jewish authorities, “Look, [here is] the man!”
Jesus answered them, “Elijah truly will come first and restore all things [i.e., to their proper perspective concerning the Messiah]. And it is [also] written [in the Scriptures] about the Son of man, that He would suffer very much and be rejected.
About that time Herod the tetrarch [Note: This man was the son of Herod the Great (See 2:1 and governor of that district] heard the report about what Jesus had been saying and doing.
But when Herod’s birthday came, Herodias’ daughter [Note: According to Josephus, her name was Salome], pleased him by [her sensual] dancing in front of the party guests.
For, suppose a person comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothing and [then another] person comes in who is poor and dressed in shabby clothing.
Now if you people show special attention to the one wearing the fine clothing and say [to him], “You can sit here in this good seat,” and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”