Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him. ²⁸ And they stripped him and put a red cloak on him, ²⁹ and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" ³⁰ And they spat at him, and took the stick and struck him on the head. ³¹ And when they had finished making sport of him, they took off the cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified.

¹⁶ Then the soldiers took him inside the courtyard, that is, of the governor's residence, and they called the whole battalion together. ¹⁷ And they dressed him up in a purple cloak, and made a wreath of thorns and crowned him with it, ¹⁸ and they began to acclaim him, "Long live the king of the Jews!" ¹⁹ And they struck him on the head with a stick and spat at him, and they knelt down and did homage to him. ²⁰ When they had finished making sport of him, they took off the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they took him out of the city to crucify him.

¹⁶ in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit. ¹⁷ So as a follower of Christ Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work for God. ¹⁸ For I will venture to speak only of what Christ has accomplished through me in winning the heathen to obedience, by word and action, ¹⁹ by the force of signs and marvels, and by the power of the holy Spirit, with the result that I have completed the preaching of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum. ²⁰ In all this it has been my ambition to preach the good news only where Christ's name was unknown, so as not to build on foundations other men had laid.