¹⁶So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. ¹⁷And they put a purple cloak on him, and after^* weaving a crown of thorns they placed it^* on him. ¹⁸And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they repeatedly struck^f him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down^g and^* did obeisance to him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes^h on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

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²¹And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross. ²²And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”). ²³And they attempted to give^* him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves^* by^* casting lots for them to see who should take what. ²⁵Now it was the third hour when they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of the charge against him was written, “The king of the Jews.” ²⁷And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.ⁱ ²⁹And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it^* in three days, ³⁰save yourself by^* coming down from the cross!” ³¹In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking him^* to one another, saying, “He saved others; he is not able to save himself! ³²Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

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Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“weaving”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fThe imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
gLiterally “bending the knees”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb
hSome manuscripts have “his clothes” in place of “his own clothes”
*Here the imperfect tense is translated as a conative imperfect (“attempted to give”)
*Here “among themselves” reflects the middle voice of the verb “divided”
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“casting”) which is understood as means
iMost later Greek manuscripts add v. 28 (a quotation from Isa 53:12) after v. 27, “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘And he was counted with the lawless ones’ ”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“coming down”) which is understood as means
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation