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Now it was 1the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 2sixthhour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, 3your King!"
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So they cried out, "4Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilatesaid to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chiefpriestsanswered, "We havenoking but Caesar."
The Crucifixion
16So he then5handed Him over to them to be crucified.
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6They tookJesus, therefore, and He went out, 7bearing His owncross, to the place called8the Place of a Skull, which is called9in Hebrew, Golgotha.
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There they crucified Him, and with Him 10twoothermen, one on eitherside, and Jesus in between.
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Pilatealsowrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "11JESUS THE NAZARENE, 12THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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Thereforemany of the Jewsreadthisinscription, for the placewhereJesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written13in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
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So the chiefpriests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '14The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am15King of the Jews.' "
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Pilateanswered, "16What I have written I have written."
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Then17the soldiers, when they had crucifiedJesus, took His outergarments and made18fourparts, a part to everysoldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in onepiece.
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So they said to oneanother, "19Let us not tear it, but castlots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; 20this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY 21DIVIDED MY OUTERGARMENTSAMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CASTLOTS."