26. Then released he unto them Barabbas: but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.
27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace, and gathered unto him the whole band.
28. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29. And they plaited a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30. And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.