²⁸ They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

¹⁷ They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

¹¹ Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

² The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

³ They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.

⁴ Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

⁵ Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"