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1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment;
3and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
John 19:1-3 (ASV)