Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace, and brought together to him the whole band. ²⁸ And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet cloak; ²⁹ and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head. ³¹ And when they had derided him, they took off the cloak from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the governor's house, and called together the whole band. ¹⁷ And they clothed him in purple; and having plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it on him, ¹⁸ and began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹ And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing their knees, did him homage. ²⁰ And when they had derided him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

¹⁶ that I may be the public servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating as a priest with respect to the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I have, therefore, cause to glory in Christ Jesus in things that pertain to God. ¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, by word and deed, in order to make the Gentiles obedient, ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. So that from Jerusalem, and round about as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of the Christ; ²⁰ so earnestly desirous have I been to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;