Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷ Thereupon the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus away to the Praetorium, gathered around him the whole band: ²⁸ and stripping him, put about him a scarlet cloak. ²⁹ And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a cane in his right hand: and bowing the knee before him, mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews! ³⁰ And spitting upon him, they took the cane, and struck him upon his head. ³¹ And when they had insulted him, they took off from him the cloak, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.

¹⁶ Then the soldiers led him to the hall, which is the Praetorium, and called together the whole band. ¹⁷ And they invested him with a robe of purple, and platting a crown of thorns, put it about his head, ¹⁸ and began to pay their salutations to him, Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹ And they struck him on the head with a cane, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees payed him homage. ²⁰ And when they had treated him with mockery, they took off the purple robe from him, and clothed him with his own garments, and led him out to crucify him.

¹⁶ that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God; that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Ghost. ¹⁷ I have therefore cause to glory in Christ Jesus with regard to the things of God. ¹⁸ For I will not dare to say any thing of those things which Christ hath not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, ¹⁹ by the power of signs and miracles, by the might of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and in a circle quite round unto Illyricum, I have fully spread the gospel of Christ. ²⁰ But I have in such manner endeavoured to preach the gospel, not where Christ's name had been heard, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: