Mark 15:14-18

J.B. Phillips New Testament

¹⁴ But Pilate replied, “Why, what crime has he committed?” But their voices rose to a roar, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵ And as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, and after having Jesus flogged handed him over to be crucified.

^16-18 Then the soldiers marched him away inside the courtyard of the governor’s residence and called their whole company together. They dressed Jesus in a purple robe, and twisting some thorn twigs into a crown, they put it on his head. Then they began to greet him, “Hail, your majesty—king of the Jews!”