25
They nailed him up at nine o'clock in the morning.
26
The charge against him - the king of the jews - was printed on a poster.
27
Along with him, they crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left.
29
People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament: "You bragged that you could tear down the Temple and then rebuild it in three days -
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