³¹ And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and ^(A)led him away to crucify him.

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^32 (B)(C)As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to ^(D)carry his cross. ^33 (E)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), ^34 (F)they offered him wine to drink, mixed with ^(G)gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. ³⁵ And when they had crucified him, ^(H)they divided his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat down and ^(I)kept watch over him there. ³⁷ And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, ^(J)the King of the Jews.” ³⁸ Then two ^(K)robbers were crucified with him, ^(L)one on the right and one on the left.

²⁰ And when they had ^(A)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(B)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(C)led him out to crucify him.

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^21 (D)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (E)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(F)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(G)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(H)it was the third hour^[a] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(I)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(J)robbers, ^(K)one on his right and one on his left.^[b]

²⁴ So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. ²⁵ He released the man who had been thrown into prison ^(A)for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, ^(B)but he delivered Jesus over to their will.

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^26 (C)And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^(D)mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸ But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, ^(E)the days are coming when they will say, ^(F)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ^30 (G)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For ^(H)if they do these things when ^(I)the wood is green, what will happen ^(J)when it is dry?”

^32 (K)Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ^33 (L)And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^(M)one on his right and one on his left.

^16 (A)So he ^(B)delivered him over to them to be crucified.

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So they took Jesus, ¹⁷ and ^(C)he went out, ^(D)bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. ^18 (E)There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. ¹⁹ Pilate ^(F)also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this inscription, for ^(G)the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.