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So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barab'bas; and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the whole battalion.
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And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
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And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
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And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him.
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And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
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And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
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And they brought him to the place called Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull).
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And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it.
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And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
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And it was the third hour, when they crucified him.