¹⁶So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. ¹⁷And they put a purple cloak on him, and after^* weaving a crown of thorns they placed it^* on him. ¹⁸And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they repeatedly struck^f him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down^g and^* did obeisance to him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes^h on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

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Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“weaving”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fThe imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
gLiterally “bending the knees”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb
hSome manuscripts have “his clothes” in place of “his own clothes”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called the whole company together. They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on him. And they began to salute him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage. After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his clothes on him.

They led him out to crucify him.

NLTNew Living Translation

The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

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