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So they cried out, "1Away 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 then2handed Him over to them to be crucified.
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3They tookJesus, therefore, and He went out, 4bearing His owncross, to the place called5the Place of a Skull, which is called6in Hebrew, Golgotha.
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There they crucified Him, and with Him 7twoothermen, one on eitherside, and Jesus in between.
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Pilatealsowrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "8JESUS THE NAZARENE, 9THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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Thereforemany of the Jewsreadthisinscription, for the placewhereJesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written10in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
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So the chiefpriests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '11The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am12King of the Jews.' "
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Pilateanswered, "13What I have written I have written."
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Then14the soldiers, when they had crucifiedJesus, took His outergarments and made15fourparts, 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, "16Let us not tear it, but castlots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; 17this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY 18DIVIDED MY OUTERGARMENTSAMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CASTLOTS."
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Therefore the soldiersdidthesethings. 19But standing by the cross of Jesus were 20His mother, and His mother'ssister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and 21MaryMagdalene.