They kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” — and striking him in the face.
In context
1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and set it on his head, and they threw a purple robe around him. 3They kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” — and striking him in the face. 4Pilate went outside once more and said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so you will know that I find no case against him.” 5So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
