John 19:17–24

^17aThey took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ^1bbearing His own cross, to the place called ^cthe Place of a Skull, which is called ^din ²Hebrew, Golgotha.

¹⁸There they crucified Him, and with Him ^atwo other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.

¹⁹Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, “^aJESUS THE NAZARENE, ^bTHE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁰Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^ain ¹Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

²¹So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘^aThe King of the Jews’; but that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’ ”

²²Pilate answered, “^aWhat I have written I have written.”

²³Then ^athe soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ^bfour parts, a part to every soldier and also the ¹tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven ²in one piece.

²⁴So they said to one another, “^aLet us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be”; ^bthis was to fulfill the Scripture: “They ^cdivided My outer garments among them, and for My clothing they cast ¹lots.”