25. All the people replied, "Let his blood be on us and on our children."
26. Then he released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus whipped, then handed him over to be crucified.
27. The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s house, and they gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.
28. They stripped him and put a red military coat on him.
29. They twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they bowed down in front of him and mocked him, saying, "Hey! King of the Jews!"
30. After they spit on him, they took the stick and struck his head again and again.
31. When they finished mocking him, they stripped him of the military coat and put his own clothes back on him. They led him away to crucify him.
32. As they were going out, they found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to carry his cross.
33. When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place,
34. they gave Jesus wine mixed with vinegar to drink. But after tasting it, he didn’t want to drink it.
35. After they crucified him, they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots.
36. They sat there, guarding him.
37. They placed above his head the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."