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They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe.
The most likely solution to this apparent contradiction is that the robe was both purple and scarlet (e.g. it was striped or patterned in some way). It's also possible that more than one article of clothing was involved, and that one was purple while the other was scarlet.
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