Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged — The flogging (mastigō, to scourge) represents Roman punishment preceding crucifixion, applied to every condemned criminal. John does not elaborate the torment's details as do the Synoptics, nor does he explicitly state this as a concession to the crowd's demands. The stark statement—"Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged"—establishes the Roman process's inexorable momentum, though Pilate's motivation remains ambiguous.

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