Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and gathered about Him the whole battalion. ²⁸ Then they stripped Him, and put a purple cloak on Him, ²⁹ and made a crown of thorns and set it on His head, and they put a stick in His hand, and kneeling before Him they made sport of Him, saying, "All hail, you king of the Jews!" ³⁰ And they spit on Him, and took the stick and kept hitting Him on the head. ³¹ And when they had finished making sport of Him, they took off the cloak, and put His own clothes back on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.

¹⁶ Then the soldiers led Him away to a place inside the court yard, that is, of the governor's palace, and they called the whole battalion together. ¹⁷ And they dressed Him in a purple robe and made a crown of thorns and crowned Him with it, ¹⁸ and they began to shout at Him, "All hail, you king of the Jews!" ¹⁹ And they kept hitting Him on the head with a stick, and kept spitting on Him, and on bending knees they kept doing Him homage. ²⁰ When they had finished making sport of Him, they took off the purple robe and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him out of the city to crucify Him.

¹⁶ in making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the heathen peoples, to have me act as a sacrificing minister of the good news, in order that my offering of the heathen peoples to God may be acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ So, as a Christian, I am proud of the things that I have done for God. ¹⁸ For I would venture to mention only what Christ has accomplished through me in bringing the heathen peoples to obedience, by word and by work, ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit. So I have completed the telling of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum. ²⁰ In this matter it has ever been my ambition to tell the good news where Christ's name had never been mentioned, so as not to build upon foundations laid by other men,