1. Pilate gave orders for Jesus to be beaten with a whip.
2. The soldiers made a crown out of thorn branches and put it on Jesus. Then they put a purple robe on him.
3. They came up to him and said, “Hey, you king of the Jews!” They also hit him with their fists.
4. Once again Pilate went out. This time he said, “I will have Jesus brought out to you again. Then you can see for yourselves that I have not found him guilty.”
5. Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, “Here is the man!”
6. When the chief priests and the temple police saw him, they yelled, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”Pilate told them, “You take him and nail him to a cross! I don't find him guilty of anything.”
7. The crowd replied, “He claimed to be the Son of God! Our Jewish Law says that he must be put to death.”
8. When Pilate heard this, he was terrified.
9. He went back inside and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer.
10. “Why won't you answer my question?” Pilate asked. “Don't you know that I have the power to let you go free or to nail you to a cross?”