The Crown of Thorns

Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte

Recitative
No. 53a-bpart_61
Evangelist
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying:
Chorus
Hail, King of the Jews!
Evangelist
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

Modern adaptation

The soldiers put a purple robe on Jesus, place a crown of thorns on his head, and give him a reed as a scepter. They mock him: 'Hail, King of the Jews!' Then they beat him.

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