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Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
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And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe.
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They kept coming up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and striking him on the face.
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Pilate went out again and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him."
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So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"
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When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him."
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The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God."
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Now when Pilate heard this, he was more afraid than ever.