1. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment;
3. and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
4. And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.
5. Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold, the man!
6. When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
7. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8. When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid;