and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!"

King

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

So Pilate went back into the governor's residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

General references

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

I will therefore have him flogged and release him."