John 19:1-3

Contemporary English Version

19 Pilate gave orders for Jesus to be beaten with a whip. ²The soldiers made a crown out of thorn branches and put it on Jesus. Then they put a purple robe on him. ³They came up to him and said, “Hey, you king of the Jews!” They also hit him with their fists.

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John 19:1-3

New International Version

Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified^(A)

19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.^(B) ²The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe ³and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”^(C) And they slapped him in the face.^(D)