Jesus Is Mocked

16 ^tAnd the soldiers led him away inside ^uthe palace (that is, ^vthe governor’s headquarters),¹ and they called together the whole ^wbattalion.² 17 And they clothed him in ^xa purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, ^y“Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ^zspitting on him and ^akneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had ^bmocked him, they stripped him of ^xthe purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^cled him out to crucify him.

29 And ^lthose who passed by derided him, ^mwagging their heads and saying, ⁿ“Aha! ^oYou who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^p“He saved others; ^qhe cannot save himself. 32 Let ^rthe Christ, ^sthe King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^tsee and believe.” ^uThose who were crucified with him also reviled him.