Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked
27 Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered all the battalion together. 28 They stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And they twisted a thorny crown for him, and put it on his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him, in mockery, crying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head, again and again. 31 At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.
16 The soldiers then led him away into the courtyard (Praetorium), and called together the whole battalion. 17 They clothed Jesus in purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head. 18 Then they began to salute him. "Hail, King of the Jews," they said. 19 They kept striking him on the head with a rod, and spitting upon him; and on bended knee they did him homage. 20 And after their sport with him, they stripped off the purple robe, and put on his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.
16 I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have then my boast in Christ Jesus concerning the things of God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, 19 through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum. 20 My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ's name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man's foundation.