John 19:17–24

¹⁷Carrying ^tHis own cross, ^uHe went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew 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 lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:

JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, ^vand it was written in Hebrew, ^wLatin, and Greek. ²¹So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ ^xbut 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.” They did this to fulfill ^ythe Scripture ^zthat says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. ^abAnd this is what the soldiers did.