So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him. The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, andput it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment. They kept saying, “Hail, King ofthe Jews!” and they kept slapping him.Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that youmay know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate saidto them, “Behold, the man!”When therefore the chi...