25. The people answered, “We will take full responsibility for his death. You can blame us and even our children!”
26. Then Pilate set Barabbas free. And he told some soldiers to beat Jesus with whips. Then he handed him over to the soldiers to be killed on a cross.
27. Then Pilate’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace. All the soldiers gathered around him.
28. They took off Jesus’ clothes and put a red robe on him.
29. Then they made a crown from thorny branches and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. Then they bowed before him, making fun of him. They said, “We salute you, king of the Jews!”
30. They spit on him. Then they took his stick and kept hitting him on the head with it.
31. After they finished making fun of him, the soldiers took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be killed on a cross.