²⁹ and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.^(A)

⁷ A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.

² The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe