And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the whole battalion.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe;
he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,