18. And they began to salute Him, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews!
19. And they struck His head with a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and spat on Him and kept bowing their knees in homage to Him. [Isa. 50:6.]
20. And when they had [finished] making sport of Him, they took the purple [robe] off of Him and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out [of the city] to crucify Him.
21. And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the field (country), to carry His cross.
22. And they led Him to Golgotha [in Latin: Calvary], meaning The Place of a Skull.
23. And they [attempted to] give Him wine mingled with myrrh, but He would not take it.