17
And they clothed him in
1a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18
And they began to salute him,
2"Hail, King of the Jews!"
19
And they were striking his head with a reed and
3spitting on him and
4kneeling down in homage to him.
20
And when they had
5mocked him, they stripped him of
6the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they
7led him out to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
21 8And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22
9And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
23
And they offered him wine mixed with
10myrrh, but he did not take it.
24
And they crucified him and
11divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
25
And
12it was the third hour when they crucified him.
26
And the inscription of the charge against him read,
13"The King of the Jews."
27
And with him they crucified two
14robbers,
15one on his right and one on his left.