The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots.

They placed a purple robe on Him [Note: Matt. 27:28 calls this a "scarlet" robe. In that day, any color with a mixture of "red" in it was often called "purple"], and making a wreath out of thorns, they placed it on His head.