^{15 Ref} and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged `him' -- that he might be crucified.

^{16 Ref} And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,

^{17 Ref} and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put `it' on him,

^{18 Ref} and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'

^{19 Ref} And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,

^{20 Ref} and when they `had' mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.