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.
30. They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head.