They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
Immediately he came to Yeshua, and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favoured one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you amongst women!”
When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Yeshua with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Yeshua, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”