11. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
12. Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
13. They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"
14. But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!"
15. Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
16. The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort.
17. They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
18. and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
19. They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.