and when they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

The angel went to her and said, "Hail, O highly favored one, the Lord is with you!"

King

Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

General references

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to beat him, and to say to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with slaps in the face.

And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and they twisted a crown of thorns and put it on him.

I will therefore chastise him and release him."