Jesus Is Mocked

27 ^vThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,¹ and they gathered the whole battalion² before him. 28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, ^wKing of the Jews!” 30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

39 And those who ^cpassed by derided him, ^dwagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who would ^edestroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”