19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. ¹  19:2 The soldiers ²  braided ³  a crown of thorns ⁴  and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. ⁵  19:3 They ⁶  came up to him again and again ⁷  and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ⁸  And they struck him repeatedly ⁹  in the face.