“And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.”
and they kept coming up to him, saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' and striking him on the face — The soldiers' salutation ("Hail") echoes Roman imperial acclamation (Ave Caesar), while they simultaneously strike Jesus—performing adoration and contempt in twisted unity. The iteration ("kept coming up... saying... striking") emphasizes the sustained cruelty, the entertainment soldiers derive from the condemned. Yet the title "king of the Jews," though mockingly intended, remains true.
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