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And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,
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and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put [it] on him,
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and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'
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And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,
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and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.
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And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus -- that he may bear his cross,
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and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;'
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and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.
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And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take;
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and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;
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and the inscription of his accusation was written above -- `The King of the Jews.'