The soldiers now led Jesus away into the hall known as the praetorium; at the same time they assembled the whole cohort. They dressed Him in royal purple, then wove a crown of thorns and put it on Him, and began to salute Him, "All hail! King of the Jews!" Continually striking Jesus on the head with a reed and spitting at Him, they genuflected before Him and pretended to pay Him homage. When they had finished mocking Him, they stripped Him of the purple, dressed Him in His own clothes, and led Him out to crucify Him.