16. So Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified.The soldiers took charge of Jesus.
17. Carrying his own cross, Jesus went out to a place called The Place of the Skull, which in the Hebrew language is called Golgotha.
18. There they crucified Jesus. They also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19. Pilate wrote a sign and put it on the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
20. The sign was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the people read the sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city.
21. The leading priests said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews.’ But write, ‘This man said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”