1. Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
2. The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
3. “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
4. Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.”