16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, 17 and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put [it] on him, 18 and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.' 19 And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, 20 and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.