16. The soldiers led Jesus away into the courtyard of the palace known as the governor’s headquarters, and they called together the whole company of soldiers.
17. They dressed him up in a purple robe and twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.
18. They saluted him, "Hey! King of the Jews!"
19. Again and again, they struck his head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt before him to honor him.
20. When they finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
21. Simon, a man from Cyrene, Alexander and Rufus’ father, was coming in from the countryside. They forced him to carry his cross.
22. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.
23. They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he didn’t take it.
24. They crucified him. They divided up his clothes, drawing lots for them to determine who would take what.
25. It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
26. The notice of the formal charge against him was written, "The king of the Jews."
27. They crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.
29. People walking by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, "Ha! So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you?