Pilate’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace (called the Praetorium). They called all the other soldiers together.
So he went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
Then the guards took Jesus from Caiaphas’ house to the Roman governor’s palace. It was early in the morning. The Jews there would not go inside the palace. They did not want to make themselves unclean, because they wanted to eat the Passover meal.
Then the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders had a meeting at the palace where the high priest lived. The high priest’s name was Caiaphas.
In the city of Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a Roman army officer in what was called the Italian Unit.
Then Pilate went back inside the palace. He called for Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown from thorny branches, and put it on his head.
The soldiers made a crown from thorny branches and put it on his head. Then they put a purple robe around him.