26
So he released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.
27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, a and they gathered the whole cohort around him.
28
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
29
and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
30
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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