1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.
2 The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him
3 and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him.
4 Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”
5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!”