¹⁷Carrying^a the cross by himself,^b he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. ¹⁸There they crucified him and two others with him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. ²⁰Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^c and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. ²¹So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews,’^d but that he said, ‘I am the king of the Jews.’ ”

²²Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. ²⁴So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture^e might be fulfilled^f that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.^E^g This is what the soldiers did.

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Cross references

a Mt 27:33–37; Mk 15:22–26; Lk 23:32–34
b Lk 9:23; 23:26
c Heb 13:12
d Mt 2:2; 27:11,29,37; Mk 15:2,9,12,18,26; Lk 23:3,37–38; Jn 18:33,39; 19:3,19
e Mt 26:54
f Mt 1:22
E Ps 22:18
g Ps 22:18