1. SO THEN Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him.
2. And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him.
3. And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands. [Isa. 53:3, 5, 7.]
4. Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him.
5. So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the Man!
6. When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him.
7. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.
8. So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before.
9. He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.