25. The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and our children!”
26. Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified.
27. Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered round him.
28. They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.
29. Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right-hand; then they knelt before him and mocked him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said.