mnt@Mark:15:16 @ The soldiers then led him away into the courtyard (Praetorium), and called together the whole battalion.
mnt@Mark:15:17 @ They clothed Jesus in purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head.
mnt@Mark:15:18 @ Then they began to salute him. "Hail, King of the Jews," they said.
mnt@Mark:15:19 @ They kept striking him on the head with a rod, and spitting upon him; and on bended knee they did him homage.
mnt@Mark:15:20 @ And after their sport with him, they stripped off the purple robe, and put on his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.