The scorn of soldiers
27The Roman soldiers took Jesus into the palace of the governor and the whole troop gathered around him. 28They stripped him and dressed him in a purple military cloak. 29Then, twisting a crown of thorns, they forced it onto his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. They knelt before Jesus and mocked him, saying: 
—Long life to the King of the Jews! 
30They spat on him, took the reed from his hand and struck him on the head with it.
31When they had finished mocking him, they pulled off the purple cloak and dressed him in his own clothes again, and led him out to be crucified.

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