The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the ... Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand. Then they knelt before him and mocked him.

The Roman governor, Pilate, was the only person ... and a king would have a crown and a sceptre. They spat on him and beat him with the staff, before putting his clothes back on and leading ...