John 19:3

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And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.

plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!"

Pilate had written an inscription to be put on the cross; what he wrote was, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?"

and some of them started to spit on him and to blindfold him and buffet him, asking him, "Prophesy." The attendants treated him to cuffs and slaps.

then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited,

so I shall release him with a whipping."