and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.

King

And Pilate wrote a title also and put it on the cross. But there was written: Jesus the Nazaraean, the King of the Jews.

Pilate therefore entered again into the praetorium and called Jesus, and said to him, Thou art the king of the Jews?

General references

And some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.

Having chastised him therefore, I will release him.