1. Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.
2. The soldiers used some thorny branches to make a crown. They put this crown on Jesus’ head and put a purple robe around him.
3. Then they came to Jesus many times and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They hit Jesus in the face.
4. Again Pilate came out and said to them, “Look! I am bringing Jesus out to you. I want you to know that I find nothing I can charge against him.”
5. Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is the man!”
6. When the leading priests and the guards saw Jesus they shouted, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!”But Pilate answered, “Take him and nail him to a cross yourselves. I find nothing I can charge against him.”