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!”