Matthew 27:27-31 - Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷ then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band; ²⁸ and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak, ²⁹ and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.' ³⁰ And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head; ³¹ and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, ¹⁷ and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him, ¹⁸ and began to salute him, 'Hail, King of the Jews.' ¹⁹ And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, ²⁰ and when they had mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.

¹⁶ for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God, ¹⁸ for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed, ¹⁹ in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ; ²⁰ and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named -- that upon another's foundation I might not build --