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Ecce Homo by Quentin Massys, ca. 1520
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Ecce Homo by Quentin Massys, ca. 1520

Ecce Homo (IPA: /'ɛttse 'homo/ or /'ɛkːe 'homo/;), are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John (19:5), when he presented a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The original Greek is ιδου ο ανθρωπος (Idou ho Anthrôpos). The King James Version translates the phrase into English as Behold the Man.

The scene is a very popular motif in Christian art, and Ecce Homo can refer to any artistic work that depicts Jesus wearing the crown of thorns.

[edit] Ecce homo as an artistic motif

An ecce homo can refer to either:

* the actual illustration of the scene from John 19 (also called the scourging of Christ) which depicts at least Pilate and Christ himself, as well as the mocking crowd and parts of the city of Jerusalem.

* devotional pictures with Jesus as a lone, standing half or full figure with a purple robe, loincloth, crown of thorns and tortur"