25. And the entire people responded by saying, "May his blood be upon us and upon our children."
26. Then he released Barabbas to them. But Jesus, having been scourged, he handed over to them, so that he would be crucified.
27. Then the soldiers of the procurator, taking Jesus up to the praetorium, gathered the entire cohort around him.
28. And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak around him.
29. And plaiting a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head, with a reed in his right hand. And genuflecting before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews."
30. And spitting on him, they took the reed and struck his head.