Matthew 27:24-29

24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”

25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

26Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.

27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company around him.

28They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.

29They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”