And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a cane in his right hand: and bowing the knee before him, mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!

And the angel coming in to her said, All hail! O thou highly favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

King

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And this was the writing: JESUS THE NAZAREAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS,

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

General references

And some began to spit upon him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants slapped him on the face with their hands.

And they invested him with a robe of purple, and platting a crown of thorns, put it about his head,

I will therefore, after scourging, discharge him.