King James Version (KJV)

Mark 15:17

“And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head],”

Verse in context — Mark 15

And [so] Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged [him], to be crucified.

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head],

And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.

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