18
Then they began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"
19
They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.
20
After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
21
A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming [into Jerusalem] from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
22
They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").
23
They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.
24
Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.
25
It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
26
There was a written notice of the accusation against him. It read, "The king of the Jews."
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They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.