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Ecce is the Latin word meaning ''behold''. It occurs in the following phrases: * ''Ecce homo'', ''Behold the man'', the words used by Pontius Pilate when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ to a hostile crowd (in the late-4th-century Vulgate Latin translation of the Bible). * ''Ecce Ancilla Domini'', ''Behold the handmaiden of the Lord'', painting by Rossetti * ''Ecce Cor Meum'', ''Behold My Heart'', album by Paul McCartney * Ecce sacerdos magnus, ''Behold the great priest'', in Catholic liturgy ECCE as an acronym may also refer to: * European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, an academic conference series on human-media interaction and cognitive engineering * Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English, an English language examination * Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment, a computer program * Extracapsular cataract extraction, an ophthalmic surgical procedure See also *ECC (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecce Homo
''Ecce homo'' (, , ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his crucifixion (John 19:5). The original , is rendered by most English Bible translations, e.g. the Douay-Rheims Bible and the 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 stories of the Flagellation of Christ, the crowning with thorns and the mocking of Jesus, the last two often being combined: The usual depiction shows Pilate and Jesus, a mocking crowd which may be rather large, and parts of the city of Jerusalem. But, from the 15th century in the West, and much earlier in the art of the Eastern church, devotional pictures began to portray Jesus alone, in half o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
