- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us.