1. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
2. The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.
3. They came up to him again and again and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.
4. Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.”
5. So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look, here is the man!”
6. When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”
7. The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”
8. When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever,