14. Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify him.”
15. So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be crucified.
16. The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort.
17. They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him.
18. They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19. and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage.