They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.
Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.