20. After they finished making fun of him, the soldiers took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led Jesus out of the palace to be killed on a cross.
21. There was a man from Cyrene coming from the fields to the city. The man was Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.
22. They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha. (Golgotha means the Place of the Skull.)
23. At Golgotha the soldiers tried to give Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with myrrh. But he refused to drink it.
24. The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then they divided his clothes among themselves. They threw lots to decide which clothes each soldier would get.
25. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they nailed Jesus to the cross.
26. There was a sign with the charge against Jesus written on it. The sign read: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”