And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
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