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1They tookJesus, therefore, and He went out, 2bearing His owncross, to the place called3the Place of a Skull, which is called4in Hebrew, Golgotha.
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There they crucified Him, and with Him 5twoothermen, one on eitherside, and Jesus in between.
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Pilatealsowrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "6JESUS THE NAZARENE, 7THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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Thereforemany of the Jewsreadthisinscription, for the placewhereJesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written8in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
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So the chiefpriests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '9The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am10King of the Jews.' "
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Pilateanswered, "11What I have written I have written."
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Then12the soldiers, when they had crucifiedJesus, took His outergarments and made13fourparts, 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, "14Let us not tear it, but castlots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; 15this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY 16DIVIDED MY OUTERGARMENTSAMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CASTLOTS."