16. So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.
17. And they put a purple cloak on him, and after weaving a crown of thorns they placed it on him.
18. And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
19. And they repeatedly struck him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down and did obeisance to him.