The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 19:2 in context
John 19:1–5
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So Pilate then took Jesus and flogged him.
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The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
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They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
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Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
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Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
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